Living
The Rainbow.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LOok, how the Rainbow doth appeare
But in one onely Hemisphere:
So likewise after our disseace,
No more is seen the Arch of Peace.
That Cov'nant's here; The under-bow,
That nothing shoots, but war and woe.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Rainbow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/355/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Rainbow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/355/.
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