I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the center all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. (William Cowper)

I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the center all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.

William Cowper

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