Living
To Apollo. A short Hymne.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PHoebus! when that I a Verse,
Or some numbers more rehearse;
Tune my words, that they may fall,
Each way smoothly Musicall:
For which favour, there shall be
Swans devoted unto thee.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Apollo. A short Hymne.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/305/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Apollo. A short Hymne.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/305/.
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