Living
A Canticle to Apollo.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PLay Poehbus on thy Lute;
And we will sit all mute:
By listning to thy Lire,
That sets all eares on fire.
Harke, harke, the God do's play!
And as he leads the way
Through heaven, the very Speres,
As men, turne all to eares.
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Herrick, Robert. “A Canticle to Apollo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/390/.
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Herrick, Robert. “A Canticle to Apollo.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/390/.
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