Living
How Marigolds came yellow.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IEalous Girles these sometimes were,
While they liv'd, or lasted here:
Turn'd to Flowers, still they be
Yellow, markt for Jealousie.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “How Marigolds came yellow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/504/.
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Herrick, Robert. “How Marigolds came yellow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/504/.
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