Living
Parcell-gil't-Poetry.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LEt's strive to be the best; the Gods, we know it,
Pillars and men, hate an indifferent Poet.
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Herrick, Robert. “Parcell-gil't-Poetry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1009/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Parcell-gil't-Poetry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1009/.
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