Living

I call and I call.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

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.

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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