Living

Comforts in Crosses.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

BE not dismaide, though crosses cast thee downe;
Thy fall is but the rising to a Crowne.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Comforts in Crosses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1016/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Comforts in Crosses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1016/.

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