Living
Anacreontike.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BOrn I was to be old,
And for to die here:
After that, in the mould
Long for to lye here.
But before that day comes,
Still I be Bousing;
For I know, in the Tombs
There's no Carousing.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Anacreontike.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/541/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Anacreontike.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/541/.
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