Living

Comfort in Calamity.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

TIs no discomfort in the world to fall,
When the great Crack not Crushes one, but all.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Comfort in Calamity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1054/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Comfort in Calamity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1054/.

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