Living
To my ill Reader.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THou say'st my lines are hard;
And I the truth will tell;
They are both hard, and marr'd,
If thou not read'st them well.
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Herrick, Robert. “To my ill Reader.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/346/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To my ill Reader.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/346/.
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