Living
No bashfulnesse in begging.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who feares to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “No bashfulnesse in begging.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/10/.
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Herrick, Robert. “No bashfulnesse in begging.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/10/.
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