Living
The departure of the good Demon.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WHat can I do in Poetry,
Now the good Spirit's gone from me?
Why nothing now, but lonely fit,
And over-read what I have writ.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The departure of the good Demon.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/336/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The departure of the good Demon.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/336/.
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