Living
Upon a Maide.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HEnce a blessed soule is fled,
Leaving here the body dead:
Which (since here they can't combine)
For the Saint, we'l keep the Shrine.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Maide.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/594/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Maide.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/594/.
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