Living
Upon Guesse. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GUesse cuts his shooes, and limping, goes about
To have men think he's troubled with the Gout:
But 'tis no Gout (beleeve it) but hard Beere,
Whose acrimonious humour bites him here.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Guesse. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/241/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Guesse. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/241/.
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