Living
Upon a Gentlewoman with a sweet Voice.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SO long you did not sing, or touch your Lute,
We knew 'twas Flesh and Blood, that there sate mute.
But when your Playing, and your Voice came in,
'Twas no more you then, but a Cherubin.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Gentlewoman with a sweet Voice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/230/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Gentlewoman with a sweet Voice.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/230/.
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