Living

The Curse. A Song.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

GOe perjur'd man; and if thou ere return
To see the small remainders in mine Urne:
When thou shalt laugh at my Religious dust;
And ask, Where's now the colour, forme and trust
Of Womans beauty? and with hand more rude
Rifle the Flowers which the Virgins strew'd:
Know, I have pray'd to Furie, that some wind
May blow my ashes up, and strike thee blind.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Curse. A Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/139/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Curse. A Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/139/.

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