Ralph Fiennes - The quality of mercy from William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 4 scene 1 | Текст песни

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• Ralph Fiennes
• The quality of mercy from William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 4 scene 1

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice.