Living
Upon Prigg.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PRigg, when he comes to houses, oft doth use
(Rather then fail) to steal from thence old shoes:
Sound or unsound, be they rent or whole,
Prigg bears away the body and the sole.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Prigg.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/370/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Prigg.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/370/.
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