Living

(untitled)

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

SKrew lives by shifts; yet sweares by no small oathes;
For all his shifts, he cannot shift his clothes.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/382/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/382/.

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