Living
Things mortall still mutable.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THings are uncertain, and the more we get,
The more on ycie pavements we are set.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Things mortall still mutable.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1041/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Things mortall still mutable.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1041/.
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