Living
Once poore, still penurious.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GOes the world now, it will with thee goe hard:
The fattest Hogs we grease the more with Lard.
To him that has, there shall be added more;
Who is penurious, he shall still be poore.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Once poore, still penurious.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/62/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Once poore, still penurious.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/62/.
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