Living

Upon a Lady that dyed in child-bed, and left a daughter behind her.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

AS Gilly flowers do but stay
To blow, and seed, and so away;
So you sweetLady (sweet as May)
The gardens-glory liv'd a while,
To lend the world your scent and smile.
But when your own faire print was set
Once in a Virgin Flosculet,
(Sweet as your selfe, and newly blown)
To give that life, resign'd your own:
But so, as still the mothers power
Lives in the pretty Lady-flower.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Lady that dyed in child-bed, and left a daughter behind her.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/320/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Lady that dyed in child-bed, and left a daughter behind her.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/320/.

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