Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.

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Speaking of the death of Charles II, 6 February 1685. | Quoted in Pale Fire Commentary, Line 894 as "Kings do not die—they only disappear, eh, Charles?".

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Sit the comedy out, and that done,
When the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.

There’s an experienced rebel, Time,
And in his squadrons Poverty;
There’s Age that brings along with him
A terrible artillery:
And if against all these thou keep’st thy crown,
Th’usurper Death will make thee lay it down.

How happy a thing were a wedding,
And a bedding,
If a man might purchase a wife
For a twelvemonth and a day;
But to live with her all a man’s life,
For ever and for aye,
Till she grow grey as a cat,
Good faith, Mr. Parson, I thank you for that!

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Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.

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