Living
To his honoured friend, Sir John Mince.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
FOr civill, cleane, and circumcised wit,
And for the comely carriage of it;
Thou art The Man, the onely Man best known,
Markt for the True-wit of a Million:
From whom we'l reckon. Wit came in, but since
The Calculation of thy Birth, Brave Mince.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his honoured friend, Sir John Mince.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/527/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To his honoured friend, Sir John Mince.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/527/.
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