Living
His Lacrimee or Mirth, turn'd to mourning.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
CAll me no more,
As heretofore,
The musick of a Feast;
Since now (alas)
The mirth, that was
In me, is dead or ceast.
Before I went
To banishment
Into the loathed West;
I co'd rehearse
A Lyrick verse,
And speak it with the best.
But Time (Ai me)
Has laid, I see
My Organ fast asleep;
And turn'd my voice
Into the noise
Of those that sit and weep.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “His Lacrimee or Mirth, turn'd to mourning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/373/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His Lacrimee or Mirth, turn'd to mourning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/373/.
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