...He caught the words, " Deposuit potenles De sede, et exaltavit humiles" ; And slowly lifting up Ms kingly head He to a learned clerk beside him said,...What mean these words ? " The clerk made answer meet, I " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree." Thereat King Robert...

...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street, ' He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree !' And through the chant a second melody Rose, like the throbbing of a single string, ' I am an Angel,...

...like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles"; And slowly lifting up his kingly head He to a learned...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests and in the Latin tongue ; For unto priests...

...king Robert was listening to the chanting of the vesper hymn, when these words struck his ear : — "He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree." The king scornfully mutters : — " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests, and...

...clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street, — " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " Rose like the throbbing of a single string, — "I am an Angel, and thou art the King!" Then the...

...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street : " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree !" And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throhhing of a single string : " I am an Angel,...

...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street : " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throbbing of a single string : " I am an Angel,...

...a burden or refrain, He caught the words, ' ' Deposuit pOtentes De sede, et exulta-vit kumilcs ; " And slowly lifting up his kingly head, He to a learned...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, "'Tis well that such- seditious words are sung Only by priests and in the Latin tongue: For unto priests...

...like a burden, or refrain, He caught the words " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles ; " And slowly lifting up his kingly head, He, to a learned...has exalted them of low degree." Thereat king Robert mutter'd scornfully, " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests, and in the Latin...

...like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles"; And slowly lifting up his kingly head He to a learned clerk beside him said, 8 ' ' What mean these words ? " The clerk made answer meet, " He has put down the mighty from their...