Nature
Why Flowers change colour.
From Hesperides (1648)
Nature
THose fresh beauties (we can prove)
Once were Virgins sick of love,
Turn'd to Flowers. Still in some
Colours goe, and colours come.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Why Flowers change colour.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/35/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Why Flowers change colour.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/35/.
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