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In battles what disasters fall,The king he bears the blame of all.
Robert Herrick
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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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To Momus.
Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry
To God.
The Perfume.
God's Bounty.
Blame The Reward Of Princes.
Among disasters that dissension brings,This not the least is, which belongs to kings:If wars go well, each for a part lays claim;If ill, then kings, not soldiers, bear the blame.
Upon The Troublesome Times.
O times most bad,Without the scopeOf hopeOf better to be had!Where shall I go,Or whither runTo shunThis public overthrow?No places are,This I am sure,SecureIn this our wasting war.Some storms we've past,Yet we must allDown fall,And perish at the last.
War.
If kings and kingdoms once distracted be,The sword of war must try the sovereignty
His Loss
All has been plunder'd from me but my wit:Fortune herself can lay no claim to it.
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.
The Credit Of The Conqueror.
He who commends the vanquished, speaks the powerAnd glorifies the worthy conqueror.