Living
Bad Princes pill their People.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LIke those infernall Deities which eate
The best of all the sacrificed meate;
And leave their servants, but the smoak & sweat:
So many Kings, and Primates too there are,
Who claim the Fat, and Fleshie for their share,
And leave their Subjects but the starved ware.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Bad Princes pill their People.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/835/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Bad Princes pill their People.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/835/.
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