Kings And Tyrants.

'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known:
Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their own.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

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The Difference Betwixt Kings And Subjects.

'Twixt kings and subjects there's this mighty odds:
Subjects are taught by men; kings by the gods.

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Duty To Tyrants.

Good princes must be pray'd for; for the bad
They must be borne with, and in rev'rence had.
Do they first pill thee, next pluck off thy skin?
Good children kiss the rods that punish sin.
Touch not the tyrant; let the gods alone
To strike him dead that but usurps a throne.

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The Power In The People.

Let kings command and do the best they may,
The saucy subjects still will bear the sway.

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Upon Kings.

Kings must be dauntless; subjects will contemn
Those who want hearts and wear a diadem.

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A King And No King.

That prince who may do nothing but what's just,
Rules but by leave, and takes his crown on trust.

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Clemency In Kings.

Kings must not only cherish up the good,
But must be niggards of the meanest blood.

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