Living

To the Honoured, Master Endimion Porter.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHen to thy Porch I come, and (ravisht) see
The State of Poets there attending Thee:
Those Bardes, and I, all in a Chorus sing,
We are Thy Prophets Porter; Thou our King.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To the Honoured, Master Endimion Porter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1080/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To the Honoured, Master Endimion Porter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1080/.

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