Living
Cruelty.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TIs but a dog-like madnesse in bad Kings,
For to delight in wounds and murderings.
As some plants prosper best by cuts and blowes;
So Kings by killing doe encrease their foes.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cruelty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/938/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cruelty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/938/.
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