Living
Poverty and Riches.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GIve Want her welcome if she comes; we find,
Riches to be but burthens to the mind.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Poverty and Riches.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/606/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Poverty and Riches.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/606/.
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