Living

Upon Shift.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

SHift now has cast his clothes: got all things new;
Save but his hat, and that he cannot mew.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Shift.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/374/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Shift.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/374/.

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