Living
The last stroke strike sure.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THough by well-warding many blowes w'ave past,
That stroke most fear'd is, which is struck the last.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The last stroke strike sure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/697/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The last stroke strike sure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/697/.
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