Living
To his Girles who would have him sportfull.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
ALas I can't, for tell me how
Can I be gamesome (aged now)
Besides ye see me daily grow
Here Winter-like, to Frost and Snow.
And I ere long, my Girles shall see,
Ye quake for cold to looke on me.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his Girles who would have him sportfull.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1102/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Girles who would have him sportfull.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1102/.
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