Religion
The soul is the salt.
From Hesperides (1648)
Religion
THe body's salt, the soule is; which when gon,
The flesh soone sucks in putrifaction.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The soul is the salt.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1120/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The soul is the salt.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1120/.
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