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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard
Hesperides
The Difference Betwixt Kings and Subjects
Robert Herrick (1591-1674)119030The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
The Difference Betwixt Kings and Subjects
1898Alfred Pollard

25. THE DIFFERENCE BETWIXT KINGS AND SUBJECTS.

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