Living
Upon Snare, an Usurer.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SNare, ten i'th' hundred calls his wife; and why?
Shee brings in much, by carnall usury.
He by extortion brings in three times more:
Say, who's the worst, th' exactor, or the whore?
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Snare, an Usurer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/632/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Snare, an Usurer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/632/.
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