Living
Shame, no Statist.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SHame is a bad attendant to a State:
He rents his Crown, That feares the Peoples hate.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Shame, no Statist.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/489/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Shame, no Statist.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/489/.
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