Social Commentaries
Tyranny.
From Divinity and Morality in Robes of Poetry ([1660?])
Social Commentaries
UNrighteous Rulers, holy writ compares
To roaring Lyons and to ranging Beares.
The People joy when men rule with compassion,
But wicked Magistrates destroy a Nation.
Two things there are which make the Earth to groan,
A fatted foole, A Servant in the Throan.
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Jordan, Thomas. “Tyranny.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/62/.
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Jordan, Thomas. “Tyranny.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/62/.
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