Living
The Scar-fire.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WAter, water I desire,
Here's a house of flesh on fire:
Ope' the fountains and the springs,
And come all to Buckittings:
What ye cannot quench, pull downe;
Spoile a house, to save a towne:
Better tis that one shu'd fall,
Then by one, to hazard all.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Scar-fire.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/59/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Scar-fire.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/59/.
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