<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371730" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: On Power</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let Pow'r be not a whip in hands of few; <br>If it be then, let it not flay with ease; <br>Let it remain a symbol, just a cue; <br>For that’s the way, the world can live in peace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Authority is like a rubber Snake; <br>If live and poisonous, it gruesomely kills; <br>It should remain with you just for namesake; <br>And settle problems but not create ills.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let Pow'r not corrupt persons in the chair; <br>Use it with impunity where needed; <br>'Tis not for use for purposes unfair; <br>Excessive pow’r displayed won't be heeded.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Power is just a robe, you don sometimes; <br> And hence, it cannot suit all men, all climes</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371730" data-title="Sonnet: On Power de John Celes" data-description="Let Pow'r be not a whip in hands of few; If it be then, let it not flay with ease; Let it remain a symbol, just a cue; For that’s the way, the world can live in peace. Authority is like a rubber Snake; If live and poisonous, it gruesomely k..."></div> </div> </div>

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