AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king ; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring ; Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know. But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they drop,... Poetical Works - Σελίδα 472των Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 616 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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