To The High And Mighty Prince, James, King Of Scots

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Title:     To The High And Mighty Prince, James, King Of Scots
Author: Michael Drayton [More Titles by Drayton]

Not thy grave Counsells, nor thy Subiects love,
Nor all that famous Scottish royaltie,
Or what thy soveraigne greatnes may approve,
Others in vaine doe but historifie,
When thine owne glorie from thy selfe doth spring,
As though thou did'st, all meaner prayses scorn:
Of Kings a Poet, and the Poets King,
They Princes, but thou Prophets do'st adorn;
Whilst others by their Empires are renown'd,
Thou do'st enrich thy Scotland with renown,
And Kings can but with Diadems be crown'd,
But with thy Laurell, thou doo'st crowne thy Crown;
That they whose pens, even life to Kings doe give,
In thee a King, shall seek themselves to live.

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Michael Drayton's poem: To The High And Mighty Prince, James, King Of Scots

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