Living
Great Maladies, long Medicines.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO an old soare a long cure must goe on;
Great faults require great satisfaction.
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Herrick, Robert. “Great Maladies, long Medicines.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1021/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Great Maladies, long Medicines.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1021/.
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