Living

To his worthy friend, M. Arthur Bartly.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHen after many Lusters thou shalt be
Wrapt up in Seare-cloth with thine Ancestrie:
When of thy ragg'd Escutcheons shall be seene
So little left, as if they ne'r had been:
Thou shalt thy Name have, and thy Fames best trust,
Here with the Generation of my Just.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To his worthy friend, M. Arthur Bartly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/673/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To his worthy friend, M. Arthur Bartly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/673/.

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