Love
To Anthea.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
COme Anthea, know thou this,
Love at no time idle is:
Let's be doing, though we play
But at push-pin (half the day:)
Chains of sweet bents let us make,
Captive one, or both, to take:
In which bondage we will lie,
Soules transfusing thus, and die.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/687/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/687/.
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