Living

To his Booke.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHile thou didst keep thy Cander undefil'd,
Deerely I lov'd thee; as my first-borne child:
But when I saw thee want only to roame
From house to house, and never stay at home;
I brake my bonds of Love, and bad thee goe,
Regardlesse whether well thou sped'st, or no.
On with thy fortunes then, what e're they be;
If good I'le smile, if bad I'le sigh for Thee.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To his Booke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To his Booke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1/.

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