Living

Impossibilities to his friend.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MY faithful friend, if you can see
The Fruit to grow up, or the Tree:
If you can see the colour come
Into the blushing Peare, or Plum:
If you can see the water grow
To cakes of Ice, or flakes of Snow:
If you can see, that drop of raine
Lost in the wild sea, once againe:
If you can see, how Dreams do creep
Into the Brain by easie sleep:
Then there is hope that you may see
Her love me once, who now hates me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Impossibilities to his friend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/199/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Impossibilities to his friend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/199/.

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