Living
Upon Parson Beanes.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OLd Parson Beanes hunts six dayes of the week,
And on the seaventh, he has his Notes to seek.
Six dayes he hollows so much breath away,
That on the seaventh, he can nor preach, or pray.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Parson Beanes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/437/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Parson Beanes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/437/.
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