Living
More modest, more manly.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TIs still observ'd, those men most valiant are,
That are most modest ere they come to warre.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “More modest, more manly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1003/.
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Herrick, Robert. “More modest, more manly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1003/.
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