Living

To his honoured friend, Sir John Mince.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

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.

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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