Nature
To Cherry-blossomes.
From Hesperides (1648)
Nature
YE may simper, blush, and smile,
And perfume the aire a while:
But (sweet things) ye must be gone;
Fruit, ye know, is comming on:
Then, Ah! Then, where is your grace,
When as Cherries come in place?
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Cherry-blossomes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/190/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Cherry-blossomes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/190/.
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