Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anoi…

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Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King. ✨ 'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 54
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Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King. ✨ 'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 54

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