Living

The May-pole.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

THe May-pole is up,
Now give me the cup;
I'le drink to the Garlands a-round it:
But first unto those
Whose hands did compose
The glory of flowers that crown'd it.

A health to my Girles,
Whose husbands may Earles
Or Lords be, (granting my wishes)
And when that ye wed
To the Bridall Bed,
Then multiply all, like to Fishes.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The May-pole.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/704/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The May-pole.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/704/.

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