Living
The Fairies.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IF ye will with Mab find grace,
Set each Platter in his place:
Rake the Fier up, and get
Water in, ere Sun be set.
Wash your Pailes, and clense your Dairies;
Sluts are loathsome to the Fairies:
Sweep your house: Who doth not so,
Mab will pinch her by the toe.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Fairies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/557/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Fairies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/557/.
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