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CRUELT by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIS BUT A DOG-LIKE MADNESSE IN BAD KINGS
Last Line: SO KINGS BY KILLING DOE ENCREASE THEIR FOES.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;

Tis but a dog-like madnesse in bad Kings,
For to delight in wounds and murderings.
As some plants prosper best by cuts and blowes;
So Kings by killing doe encrease their foes.



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