Living
Fame makes us forward.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO Print our Poems, the propulsive cause
Is Fame, (the breath of popular applause.)
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Fame makes us forward.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/449/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Fame makes us forward.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/449/.
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