Time & Brevity

Vpon the trouble some times.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Time & Brevity

O! Times most bad,
Without the scope
Of hope
Of better to be had!

Where shall I goe,
Or whither run
To shun
This publique overthrow?

No places are
(This I am sure)
Secure
In this our wasting Warre.

Some storms w'ave past;
Yet we must all
Down fall,
And perish at the last.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon the trouble some times.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/597/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon the trouble some times.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/597/.

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