Living
The power in the people.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LEt Kings Command, and doe the best they may,
The saucie Subjects still will beare the sway.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The power in the people.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/347/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The power in the people.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/347/.
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