Living
Purposes.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
NO wrath of Men, or rage of Seas
Can shake a just mans purposes:
No threats of Tyrants, or the Grim
Visage of them can alter him;
But what he doth at first entend,
That he holds firmly to the end.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Purposes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/616/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Purposes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/616/.
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