Living

To Jealousie.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

O Jealousie, that art
The Canker of the heart:
And mak'st all hell
Where thou do'st dwell;
For pitie be
No Furie, or no Fire-brand to me.

Farre from me Ile remove
All thoughts of irksome Love:
And turn to snow,
Or Christall grow;
To keep still free
(O! Soul-tormenting Jealousie,) from Thee.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To Jealousie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/453/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To Jealousie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/453/.

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