Living
I call and I call.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
I Call, I call, who doe ye call?
The Maids to catch this Cowslip-ball:
But since these Cowslips fading be,
Troth, leave the flowers, and Maids, take me.
Yet, if that neither you will doe,
Speak but the word, and Ile take you.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “I call and I call.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/283/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “I call and I call.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/283/.
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