King John

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    King Herod shrieking vengeance at the curled
    Up knees of Jesus choking in the air,

    A king of speechless clods and infants. Still
    The world out-Herods Herod;
    Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 14:2.