Living

The Head-ake.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MY head doth ake,
O Sappho! take
Thy fillit,
And bind the paine;
Or bring some bane
To kill it.

But lesse that part,
Then my poore heart,
Now is sick:
One kisse from thee
Will counsell be,
And Physick.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Head-ake.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/592/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Head-ake.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/592/.

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