Living
Upon Lucia.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IAskt my Lucia but a kisse;
And she with scorne deny'd me this.
Say then, how ill sho'd I have sped,
Had I then askt her Maidenhead?
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Lucia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/600/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Lucia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/600/.
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