Living

Change common to all.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

ALL things subjected are to Fate;
Whom this Morne sees most fortünate,
The Ev'ning sees in poore estate.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Change common to all.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/584/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Change common to all.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/584/.

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