Living
Chorus Matronarum.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SEt you to your Wheele, and wax
SRich, by the Ductile Wool and Flax.
Yarne is an Income; and the Huswives thread
The Larder fils with meat; the Bin with bread.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Matronarum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/639/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Matronarum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/639/.
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