Living
On Himselfe.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IL'e write no more of Love; but now repent
Of all those times that I in it have spent.
Ile write no more of life; but wish twas ended,
And that my dust was to the earth commended.
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Herrick, Robert. “On Himselfe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1133/.
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Herrick, Robert. “On Himselfe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1133/.
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