Living
Great Spirits supervive.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OUr mortall parts may wrapt in Seare-cloths lye:
Great Spirits never with their bodies dye.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Great Spirits supervive.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/548/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Great Spirits supervive.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/548/.
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