Living

To Oenone.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHat Conscience, say, is it in thee
When I a Heart had one,
To Take away that Heart from me,
And to retain thy own?

For shame or pitty now encline
To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
Or give me back my heart.

Covet not both; but if thou dost
Resolve to part with neither;
Why! yet to shew that thou art just,
Take me and mine together.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To Oenone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/447/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To Oenone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/447/.

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