Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRINCES AND FAVOURITES, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Princes and fav'rites are most deere, while they
Last Line: When these can aske, and kings can give no more.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


Princes and Fav'rites are most deere, while they
By giving and receiving hold the play:
But the Relation then of both growes poor,
When These can aske, and Kings can give no more.





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