History & Politics
Song: Bow Both Your Heads at Once, and Hearts
From The Irish Masque at Court
History & Politics
Bow both your heads at once, and hearts;
Obedience doth not well in parts.
It is but standing in his eye,
You'll feel yourselves changed by and by.
Few live, that know, how quick a spring
Works in the presence of a king:
'Tis done by this; your slough let fall,
And come forth new-born creatures all.
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Codex Note
Sung by the Bard to two harps.
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MLA
Jonson, Ben. “Song: Bow Both Your Heads at Once, and Hearts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/293/.
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Jonson, Ben. “Song: Bow Both Your Heads at Once, and Hearts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/293/.
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