Living
The silken Snake.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
FOr sport my Julia threw a Lace
Of silke and silver at my face:
Watchet the silke was; and did make
A shew, as if't'ad been a snake:
The suddenness did me affright;
But though it scar'd, it did not bite.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The silken Snake.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/286/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The silken Snake.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/286/.
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