Love
His request to Julia.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
IVlia, if I chance to die
Ere I print my Poetry;
I most humbly thee desire
To commit it to the fire:
Better 'twere my Book were dead,
Then to live not perfected.
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Herrick, Robert. “His request to Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/57/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His request to Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/57/.
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