Love
To Julia.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
PErmit me, Julia, now to goe away;
Or by thy love, decree me here to stay.
If thou wilt say, that I shall live with thee;
Here shall my endless Tabernacle be:
If not, (as banisht) I will live alone
There, where no language ever yet was known.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/157/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/157/.
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