Living
No Lock against Letcherie.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BArre close as you can, and bolt fast too your doore,
To keep out the Letcher, and keep in the whore:
Yet, quickly you'l see by the turne of a pin,
The Whore to come out, or the Letcher come in.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “No Lock against Letcherie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/235/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “No Lock against Letcherie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/235/.
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