Living

Evensong.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

BEginne with Jove; then is the worke halfe done;
And runnes most smoothly, when tis well begunne.
Jove's is the first and last: The Morn's his due,
The midst is thine; But Joves the Evening too;
As sure a Mattins do's to him belong,
So sure he layes claime to the Evensong.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Evensong.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/323/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Evensong.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/323/.

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