Living

Vpon Grubs.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

GRubs loves his Wife and Children, while that they
Can live by love, or else grow fat by Play:
But when they call or cry on Grubs for meat;
Instead of Bread, Grubs gives them stones to eat.
He … rends, and while he thus doth tear,
His Wife and Children fast to death for fear.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Grubs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1086/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Grubs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1086/.

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