Living
Upon Gander. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SInce Gander did his prettie Youngling wed;
Gander (they say) doth each night pisse a Bed:
What is the cause? Why Gander will reply,
No Goose layes good eggs that is trodden drye.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Gander. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/646/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Gander. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/646/.
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