Living
Cruelty base in Commanders.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
NOthing can be more loathsome, then to see
Power conjoyn'd with Natures Crueltie.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Cruelty base in Commanders.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/598/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cruelty base in Commanders.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/598/.
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