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EPIGRAM TO DON ANTONIO, KING OF PORTUGAL by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: BETWEEN THEE AND THY KINGDOM LATE WITH FORCE
Last Line: SAY, THAT THY KINGDOM NOT OF THIS WORLD IS.
Subject(s): ANTONIO, DOM (1531-1595); PORTUGAL;

BETWEEN thee and thy kingdom late with force
Spain happily hath sued a divorce;
And now thou may'st, as Christ did once of his,
Say, that thy kingdom not of this world is.



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