Living
Recompence.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
VVHo plants an Olive, but to eate the Oile?
Reward, we know, is the chiefe end of toile.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Recompence.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1069/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Recompence.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1069/.
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