Living
Upon Paske a Draper.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PAske, though his debt be due upon the day
Demands no money by a craving way;
For why sayes he, all debts and their arreares,
Have reference to the shoulders, not the eares.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Paske a Draper.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/365/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Paske a Draper.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/365/.
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