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Politics

Language: English

Politics, the servant says,
   is how I serve the nation.
Just how it ticks, this politics,
   in my interpretation,
Is best unsaid and best unseen,
   for all is in relation
To how the nation best serves me,
   its servant-politician.


Authorship
    * by Gary Bachlund , "Politics", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Date added to the website: 2009-03-06.

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