Living
To his Maid Prew.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THese Summer-Birds did with thy master stay
The times of warmth; but then they flew away;
Leaving their Poet (being now grown old)
Expos'd to all the comming Winters cold.
But thou kind Prew did'st with my fates abide,
As well the Winters, as the Summers Tide:
For which thy love, live with thy master here,
Not one, but all the seasons of the yeare.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his Maid Prew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/389/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To his Maid Prew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/389/.
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