Living

The sadnesse of things for Sapho's sicknesse.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

LIllies will languish; Violets look ill;
Sickly the Prim-rose: Pale the Daffadill:
That gallant Tulip will hang down his head,
Like to a Virgin newly ravished.
Pansies will weep; and Marygolds will wither;
And keep a Fast, and Funerall together,
If Sapho droop; Daisies will open never,
But bid Good-night, and close their lids for ever.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The sadnesse of things for Sapho's sicknesse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/116/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The sadnesse of things for Sapho's sicknesse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/116/.

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