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KINGS by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: MEN ARE NOT BORN KINGS, BUT ARE MEN RENOWN'D
Last Line: CHOSE FIRST, CONFIRM'D NEXT, & AT LAST ARE CROWN'D.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
Men are not born Kings, but are men renown'd;
Chose first, confirm'd next, & at last are crown'd.



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