Living

Glorie.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

I Make no haste to have my Numbers read.
Seldome comes Glorie till a man be dead.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Glorie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/624/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Glorie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/624/.

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