Living
To his Booke.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BE bold my Booke, nor be abasht, or feare
The cutting Thumb-naile, or the Brow severe.
But by the Muses sweare, all here is good,
If but well read; or ill read, understood.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Booke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/604/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Booke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/604/.
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