Living

The Willow Garland.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

A Willow Garland thou did'st scnd
Perfum'd (last day) to me:
Which did but only this portend,
I was forsooke by thee.

Since so it is; Ile tell thee what,
To morrow thou shalt see
Me weare the Willow; after that,
To dye upon the Tree.

As Beasts unto the Altars go
With Garlands drest, so I
Will, with my Willow-wreath also,
Come forth and sweetly dye.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Willow Garland.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/427/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Willow Garland.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/427/.

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