Living
Chorus Senum.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LEt wealth come in by comely thrift,
And not by any sordid shift:
'Tis haste
Makes waste:
Extreames have still their fault;
The softest Fire makes the sweetest Mault.
Who gripes too hard the dry and slip'rie sand,
Holds none at all, or little in his hand.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Senum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/640/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chorus Senum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/640/.
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