Living
Bad may be better.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
MAn may at first transgress, but next do well:
Vice doth in some but lodge a while, not dwell.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Bad may be better.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1030/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Bad may be better.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1030/.
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