Living
To his Brother in Law Master John Wingfield.
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.
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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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