Pontiff and prince, your sway
Must crumble from that day;
Before the loftier throne of Heaven,
The hand is raised, the pledge is given—
One monarch to obey, one creed to own,
That monarch, God, that creed, His word alone.
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IX.
Spread out earth’s holiest records here,
Of days and deeds to reverence dear;
A zeal like this what pious legends tell?