Living
Ill Government.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PReposterous is that Government, (and rude)
When Kings obey the wilder Multitude.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Ill Government.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/537/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Ill Government.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/537/.
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