Living
His Answer to a Question.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SOme would know
Why I so
Long still doe tarry,
And ask why
Here that I
Live, and not marry?
Thus I those
Doe oppose;
What man would be here,
Slave to Thrall,
If at all
He could live free here?
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “His Answer to a Question.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/24/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His Answer to a Question.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/24/.
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