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OBEDIENCE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE POWER OF PRINCES RESTS IN THE CONSENT
Last Line: LOW, AND OF THRONES THE ANCIENT MAJESTY.
Subject(s): FREEDOM; OBEDIENCE; LIBERTY;

The Power of Princes rests in the Consent
Of onely those, who are obedient:
Which if away, proud Scepters then will lye
Low, and of Thrones the Ancient Majesty.



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