Living
Sweetnesse in Sacrifice.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
'TIs not greatness they require,
To be offer'd up by fire:
But 'tis sweetness that doth please
Those Eternall Essences.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Sweetnesse in Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/63/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Sweetnesse in Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/63/.
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