Love
Of Love.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
Instruct me now what love will do;
'Twill make a tongless man to wooe.
Inform me next, what love will do;
'Twill strangely make a one of too.
Teach me besides, what love wil do;
'Twill quickly mar, & make ye too.
Tell me, now last, what love will do;
'Twill hurt and heal a heart pierc'd through.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Of Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1084/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Of Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1084/.
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