Living
Upon himselfe.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
MOp-ey'd I am, as some have said,
Because I've liv'd so long a maid:
But grant that I sho'd wedded be,
Sho'd I a jot the better see?
No, I sho'd think, that Marriage might,
Rather then mend, put out the light.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon himselfe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/237/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon himselfe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/237/.
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