Living
No Spouse but a Sister.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
A Bachelour I will
Live as I have liv'd still,
And never take a wife
To crucifie my life:
But this I'le tell ye too,
What now I meane to doe;
A Sister (in the stead
Of Wife) about I'le lead;
Which I will keep embrac'd,
And kisse, but yet be chaste.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “No Spouse but a Sister.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/29/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “No Spouse but a Sister.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/29/.
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