Living
Upon Jolly and Jilly, Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IOlly and Jillie, bite and scratch all day,
But yet get children (as the neighbours say.)
The reason is, though all the day they fight,
They cling and close, some minutes of the night.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Jolly and Jilly, Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/413/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Jolly and Jilly, Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/413/.
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