Living
To the Earle of Westmerland.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WHen my date's done, and my gray age must die;
Nurse up, great Lord, this my posterity:
Weak though it be; long may it grow, and stand,
Shor'd up by you, (Brave Earle of Westmerland.)
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To the Earle of Westmerland.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/110/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To the Earle of Westmerland.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/110/.
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