Living
Dangers wait on Kings.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
AS oft as Night is banish'd by the Morne,
So oft, we'll think, we see a King new born.
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Herrick, Robert. “Dangers wait on Kings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/78/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Dangers wait on Kings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/78/.
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