Living
To Dewes. A Song.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
I Burn, I burn; and beg of you
To quench, or coole me with your Dew.
I frie in fire, and so consume,
Although the Pile be all perfume.
Alas! the heat and death's the same;
Whether by choice, or common flame:
To be in Oyle of Roses drown'd,
Or water; where's the comfort found?
Both bring one death; and I die here,
Unlesse you coole me with a Teare:
Alas! I call; but ah! I see
Ye coole, and comfort all, but me.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Dewes. A Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/141/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Dewes. A Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/141/.
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