Living
Life is the Bodies Light.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LIfe is the Bodies light; which once declining,
Those crimson clouds i'th'cheeks & lips leave shining.
Those counter-changed Tabbies in the ayre,
(The Sun once set) all of one colour are.
So, when Death comes, Fresh tinctures lose their place,
And dismall Darknesse then doth smutch the face.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Life is the Bodies Light.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/577/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Life is the Bodies Light.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/577/.
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