Living
The Dreame.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BY Dream I saw, one of the three
Sisters of Fate appeare to me.
Close to my Beds side she did stand
Shewing me there a fire brand;
She told me too, as that did spend,
So drew my life unto an end.
Three quarters were consum'd of it;
Onely remaind a little bit,
Which will be burnt up by and by;
Then Juha weep, for I must dy:
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Herrick, Robert. “The Dreame.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/401/.
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Herrick, Robert. “The Dreame.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/401/.
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