Living
His Answer to a friend.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
YOu aske me what I doe, and how I live?
And (Noble friend) this answer I must give:
Drooping, I draw on to the vaults of death,
Or'e which you'l walk, when I am laid beneath.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “His Answer to a friend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1022/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His Answer to a friend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1022/.
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