Living
To Silvia.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
NO more my Silvia, do I mean to pray
For those good dayes that ne'r will come away.
I want beliefe; O gentle Silvia, be
The patient Saint, and send up vowes for me.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Silvia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/571/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Silvia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/571/.
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