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BLAME THE REWARD OF PRINCES by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: AMONG DISASTERS THAT DISCENTION BRINGS
Last Line: IF ILL, THEN KINGS, NOT SOULDIERS BEARE THE BLAME.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
Among disasters that discention brings,
This not the least is, which belongs to Kings.
If Wars goe well; each for a part layes claime:
If ill, then Kings, not Souldiers beare the blame.



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