Living

Upon Spur.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

SPur jingles now, and sweares by no meane oathes,
He's double honour'd since h'as got gay cloathes:
Most like his Suite, and all commend the Trim;
And thus they praise the Sumpter, but not him:
As to the Goddesse, people did conferre
Worship, and not to'th' Asse that carried her.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Spur.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1108/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Spur.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1108/.

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