Living
Empires.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
EMpires of Kings, are now, and ever were,
(As Salnst saith) co-incident to feare.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Empires.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/432/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Empires.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/432/.
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