Living
Cheerfulnesse in Charitie: or, The sweet Sacrifice.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
'TIs not a thousand Bullocks thies
Can please those Heav'nly Deities,
If the Vower don't express
In his Offering, Cheerfulness.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Cheerfulnesse in Charitie: or, The sweet Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/61/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cheerfulnesse in Charitie: or, The sweet Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/61/.
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