Living
Upon Luggs. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LUggs, by the Condemnation of the Bench,
Was lately whipt for lying with a Wench.
Thus Paines and Pleasures turne by turne succeed:
He smarts at last, who do's not first take heed.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Luggs. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/200/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Luggs. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/200/.
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