Living

Long lookt for comes at last.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

THough long it be, yeeres may repay the debt;
None loseth that, which he in time may get.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Long lookt for comes at last.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/664/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Long lookt for comes at last.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/664/.

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