Living
Upon Strut.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
STrut, once a Fore-man of a Shop we knew;
But turn'd a Ladies Usher now, ('tis true:)
Tell me, has Strut got ere a title more?
No; he's but Fore-man, as he was before.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Strut.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/149/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Strut.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/149/.
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