Living
To Sappho.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LEt us now take time, and play,
Love, and live here while we may;
Drink rich wine; and make good cheere,
While we have our being here:
For, once dead, and laid i'th grave,
No return from thence we have.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Sappho.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/700/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Sappho.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/700/.
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