Love
To Perenna, a Mistresse.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
DEare Perenna, prethee come,
And with Smallage dresse my Tomb:
Adde a Cypresse-sprig thereto,
With a teare; and so Adieu.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna, a Mistresse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/221/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna, a Mistresse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/221/.
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