Living
Way in a crowd.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
ONce on a Lord-Mayors day, in Cheapside, when
Skulls co'd not well passe through that scum of men.
For quick dispatch, Sculls made no longer stay,
Then but to breath, and every one gave way:
For as he breath'd, the People swore from thence
A Fart flew out, or a Sir-reverence.
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Herrick, Robert. “Way in a crowd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/552/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Way in a crowd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/552/.
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