Living
The Primitiae to Parents.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OUr Houshold-gods our Parents be;
And manners good requires, that we
The first Fruits give to them, who gave
Us hands to get what here we have.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Primitiae to Parents.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/657/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Primitiae to Parents.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/657/.
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