Living
A Hymne to the Muses.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
O! You the Virgins nine!
That doe our soules encline
To noble Discipline!
Nod to this vow of mine:
Come then, and now enspire
My violl and my lyre
With your etetnall fire:
And make me one entire
Composer in your Quire.
Then I'le your Altars strew
With Roses sweet and new;
And ever live a true
Acknowledger of you.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “A Hymne to the Muses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/667/.
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Herrick, Robert. “A Hymne to the Muses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/667/.
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