Living
Princes and Favourites.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PRinces and Fav'rites are most deere, while they
By giving and receiving hold the play:
But the Relation then of both growes poor,
When These can aske, and Kings can give no more.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Princes and Favourites.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/767/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Princes and Favourites.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/767/.
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