Living

Vpon Urles. Epig.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

VRles had the Gout so, that he co'd not stand;
Then from his Feet, it shifted to his Hand:
When 'twas in's Feet, his Charity was small;
Now tis in's Hand, he gives no Almes at all.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Urles. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/578/.

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Herrick, Robert. “Vpon Urles. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/578/.

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