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A KING AND NO KING by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT PRINCE, WHO MAY DOE NOTHING BUT WHAT'S JUST
Last Line: RULES BUT BY LEAVE, AND TAKES HIS CROWNE ON TRUST.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
That Prince, who may doe nothing but what's just,
Rules but by leave, and takes his Crowne on trust.



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