Living
Lyrick for Legacies.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GOld I've none, for use or show,
Neither Silver to bestow
At my death; but thus much know,
That each Lyrick here shall be
Of my love a Legacie,
Left to all posterity.
Gentle friends, then doe but please,
To accept such coynes as these;
As my last Remembrances.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Lyrick for Legacies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/219/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Lyrick for Legacies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/219/.
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