Living
Putrefaction.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PUtrefaction is the end
Of all that Nature doth entend.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Putrefaction.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/434/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Putrefaction.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/434/.
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