Living
In the darke none dainty.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
NIght hides our thefts; all faults then pardon'd be:
All are alike faire, when no spots we see.
Lais and Lucrece, in the night time are
Pleasing alike; alike both singular:
Jone, and my Lady have at that time one,
One and the selfe-same priz'd complexion.
Then please alike the Pewter and the Plate;
The chosen Rubie, and the Reprobate.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “In the darke none dainty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/587/.
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Herrick, Robert. “In the darke none dainty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/587/.
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