Living

Upon Skoles. Epig.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

Skoles stinks so deadly, that his Breeches loath
His dampish Buttocks furthermore to cloath:
Cloy'd they are up with Arse; but hope, one blast
Will whirle about, and blow them thence at last.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Skoles. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/660/.

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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Skoles. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/660/.

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