Living
False Mourning.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HE who wears Blacks, and mournes not for the Dead,
Do's but deride the Party buried.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “False Mourning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1056/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “False Mourning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1056/.
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