Living
Losse from the least.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GReat men by small meanes oft are overthrown:
He's Lord of thy life, who contemnes his own.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Losse from the least.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/487/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Losse from the least.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/487/.
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