UPON KINGS.
by Robert Herrick


KINGS must he dauntless ; subjects will contemn
Those who want hearts and wear a diadem.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 160.


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