Living
Vpon Kings.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
KIngs must be dauntlesse: Subjects will contemne
Those, who want Hearts, and weare a Diadem.
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Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Kings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1106/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Kings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1106/.
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