Living
Like Pattern, like People.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THis is the height of Justice, that to doe
Thy selfe, which thou put'st other men unto.
As great men lead; the meaner follow on,
Or to the good, or cvill action.
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Herrick, Robert. “Like Pattern, like People.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/615/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Like Pattern, like People.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/615/.
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