Living
To M. Laurence Swetnaham.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
REad thou my Lines, my Swetnaham, if there be
A fault, tis hid, if it be voic't by thee.
Thy mouth will make the sourest numbers please;
How will it drop pure hony, speaking these?
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To M. Laurence Swetnaham.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1098/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To M. Laurence Swetnaham.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1098/.
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