Living
Another to Neptune.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
MIghty Neptune, may it please
Thee, the Rector of the Seas,
That my Barque may safely runne
Through thy watrie-region;
And a Tunnie-fish shall be
Offer'd up, with thanks to thee.
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Herrick, Robert. “Another to Neptune.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/327/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Another to Neptune.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/327/.
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