Living

Leprosie in Cloathes.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHen slowing garments I behold
Enspir'd with Purple, Pearle, and Gold;
I think no other but I see
In them a glorious leprosie
That do's infect, and make the rent
More mortall in the vestiment.
As flowrie vestures doe descrie
The wearers rich immodestie;
So plaine and simple cloathes doeshow
Where vertue walkes, not those that flow.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Leprosie in Cloathes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1019/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Leprosie in Cloathes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1019/.

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