Living
Bastards.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OUr Bastard-children are but like to Plate,
Made by the Coyners illegitimate.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Bastards.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1024/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Bastards.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1024/.
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