Living
The May-pole.
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.
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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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