Living
Upon a comely, and curious Maide.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IF Men can say that beauty dyes;
Marbles will sweare that here it lyes.
If Reader then thou canst forbeare,
In publique loss to shed a Teare:
The Dew of griefe upon this stone
Will tell thee Pitie thou hast none.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a comely, and curious Maide.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/565/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon a comely, and curious Maide.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/565/.
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