Living
Cherry-pit.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IVLIA and I did lately sit
Playing for sport, at Cherry-pit:
She threw; I cast; and having thrown,
I got the Pit, and she the Stone.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Cherry-pit.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/47/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Cherry-pit.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/47/.
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