Living
Upon a crooked Maid.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
CRooked you are, but that dislikes not me;
So you be straight, where Virgins straight sho'd be:
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a crooked Maid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/244/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a crooked Maid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/244/.
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