Living
To his worthy friend, M. Arthur Bartly.
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.
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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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