Living
Feare gets force.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
DEspaire takes heart, when ther's no hope to speed:
The Coward then takes Armes, and do's the deed.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Feare gets force.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1008/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Feare gets force.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1008/.
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