Living
Vpon a fowre-breath Lady. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
FIe, (quoth my Lady) what a stink is here?
When 'twas her breath that was the Carrionere.
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Herrick, Robert. “Vpon a fowre-breath Lady. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/599/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Vpon a fowre-breath Lady. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/599/.
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