Living
Pleasures Pernicious.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WHere Pleasures rule a Kingdome, never there
Is sober virtue, seen to move her sphere.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Pleasures Pernicious.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1096/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Pleasures Pernicious.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1096/.
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