Living
Large Bounds doe but bury us.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
ALL things o'r-rul'd are here by Chance;
The greatest mans Inheritance.
Where ere the luckie Lot doth fall,
Serves but for place of Buriall.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Large Bounds doe but bury us.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/543/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Large Bounds doe but bury us.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/543/.
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