Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BAD PRINCES PILL THEIR PEOPLE, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Like those infernall deities which eate
Last Line: And leave their subjects but the starved ware.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


Like those infernall Deities which eate
The best of all the sacrificed meate;
And leave their servants, but the smoak & sweat:
So many Kings, and Primates too there are,
Who claim the Fat, and Fleshie for their share,
And leave their subjects but the starved ware.





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