Living

To his Brother in Law Master John Wingfield.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

FOr being comely, consonant, and free
To most of men, but most of all to me:
For so decrecing, that thy clothes expence
Keepes still within a just circumference:
Then for contriving so to loade thy Board,
As that the Messes ne'r o'r-laid the Lord:
Next for Ordaining, that thy words not swell
To any one unsober' syllable.
These I co'd praise thee for beyond another,
Wert thou a Winckfield onely, not a Brother.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To his Brother in Law Master John Wingfield.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/591/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To his Brother in Law Master John Wingfield.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/591/.

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