Living
Chorus Juvenum.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HAppy day
Make no long stay
Here
In thy Sphere;
But give thy place to night,
That she,
As Thee,
May be
Partaker of this sight.
And since it was thy care
To see the Younglings wed;
'Tis fit that Night, the Paire,
Sho'd see safe brought to Bed.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Juvenum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/635/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Juvenum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/635/.
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