History & Politics

To the King.

by Sir John Suckling 1609–1641

History & Politics

THis (Sir) to them, but unto Majestie.
All hee has said before, hee does denie.
Yet not to Majestie: that were to bring
His feares to be, but for the Queen and King,
Not for your selves; and that hee dares not say:
Y'are his Soveraignes another way:
Your soules are Princes, and you have as good
A title that way, as yee have by blood
To governe, and here your power's more great
And absolute, than in the royall Seat.
There men dispute, and but by Law obey,
Here is no Law at all, but what yee say.

MLA

Suckling, John. “To the King.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/31/.

Chicago

Suckling, John. “To the King.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/31/.

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