Living
Upon Trap.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TRap, of a Player turn'd a Priest now is;
Behold a suddaine Metamorphosis.
If Tythe-pigs faile, then will he shift the scean,
And, from a Priest, turne Player once again.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Trap.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1085/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Trap.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1085/.
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