Living

The Poets good wishes for the most hopefull and handsome Prince, the Duke of Yorke.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MAy his pretty Duke-ship grow
Like t'a Rose of Jericho:
Sweeter far, then ever yet
Showrs or Sun-shines co'd beget.
May the Graces, and the Howers
Strew his hopes, and Him with flowers:
And so dresse him up with Love,
As to be the Chick of Jove.
May the thrice-three-Sisters sing
Him the Soveraigne of their Spring:
And entitle none to be
Prince of Hellicon, but He.
May his soft foot, where it treads,
Gardens thence produce and Meads:
And those Meddowes full be set
With the Rose, and Violet.
May his ample Name be knowne
To the last succession:
And his actions high be told
Through the world, but writ in gold.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Poets good wishes for the most hopefull and handsome Prince, the Duke of Yorke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/268/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Poets good wishes for the most hopefull and handsome Prince, the Duke of Yorke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/268/.

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