Lines by Henry VI.Thefollowing touching lines, which have been attributed to HenryVI.were probably written during his long imprisonment in the Tower.“Kingdoms are but cares,State is devoid of stay;Riches are ready snares,And hasten to decay.Who meaneth to remove the rockOut of his slimy mud,Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scapeThe swelling of the flood.”
Lines by Henry VI.Thefollowing touching lines, which have been attributed to HenryVI.were probably written during his long imprisonment in the Tower.“Kingdoms are but cares,State is devoid of stay;Riches are ready snares,And hasten to decay.Who meaneth to remove the rockOut of his slimy mud,Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scapeThe swelling of the flood.”
Thefollowing touching lines, which have been attributed to HenryVI.were probably written during his long imprisonment in the Tower.
“Kingdoms are but cares,State is devoid of stay;Riches are ready snares,And hasten to decay.Who meaneth to remove the rockOut of his slimy mud,Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scapeThe swelling of the flood.”
“Kingdoms are but cares,State is devoid of stay;Riches are ready snares,And hasten to decay.Who meaneth to remove the rockOut of his slimy mud,Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scapeThe swelling of the flood.”
“Kingdoms are but cares,State is devoid of stay;Riches are ready snares,And hasten to decay.
“Kingdoms are but cares,
State is devoid of stay;
Riches are ready snares,
And hasten to decay.
Who meaneth to remove the rockOut of his slimy mud,Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scapeThe swelling of the flood.”
Who meaneth to remove the rock
Out of his slimy mud,
Shall mire himself, and hardly ’scape
The swelling of the flood.”