Living

Steame in Sacrifice.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

IF meat the Gods give, I the steame
High-towring wil devote to them:
Whose easie natures like it well,
If we the roste have, they the smell.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Steame in Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/64/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Steame in Sacrifice.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/64/.

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