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The charade—
My first except when it is old
Is never seen or heard;
When it is heard the sound is tolled
Out of a Jewish beard.
My next was in imperial Rome,
It was her power and might;
Then you had but to write you wish,
And straightway ’twas in sight.
My whole was Frank
Of royal rank.
is solved by Clovis (vis in Latin is both power and you wish).
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