Living
Upon a delaying Lady.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
COme come away,
Or let me go;
Must I here stay,
Because y'are slow;
And will continue so?
Troth Lady, no.
I scorne to be
A slave to state:
And since I'm free,
I will not wait,
Henceforth at such a rate,
For needy Fate.
If you desire
My spark sho'd glow,
The peeping fire
You must blow;
Or I shall quickly grow,
To Frost or Snow.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a delaying Lady.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/342/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a delaying Lady.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/342/.
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