Living
To his Houshold gods.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
RIse, Houshold-gods, and let us goe;
But whither, I my selfe not know.
First, let us dwell on rudest seas;
Next, with severest Salvages;
Last, let us make our best abode,
Where humane foot, as yet, ne'r trod:
Search worlds of Ice; and rather there
Dwell, then in lothed Devonshire.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Houshold gods.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/280/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Houshold gods.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/280/.
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