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TO THE KINGS by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP

First Line: WHEN YOU'VE FULFILLED THE MEASURE OF YOUR PRIDE
Last Line: AND SHAKE YOUR KINGDOMS WITH ITS IRONY!
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; DEATH; IRONY; SKULLS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS; DEAD, THE;

When you've fulfilled the measure of your pride
And your starved honor has been satisfied,
Some plowman, driving deep his lusty share,
Will strike a skull to sunlight, unaware—
One naked skull to stare up at the sky
And shake your kingdoms with its irony!



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