Living

Not every day fit for Verse.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

'TIs not ev'ry day, that I
Fitted am to prophesie:
No, but when the Spirit fils
The fantastick Pannicles:
Full of fier; then I write
As the Godhead doth indite.
Thus inrag'd, my lines are hurl'd,
Like the Sybells, through the world.
Look how next the holy fier
Either slakes, or doth retire;
So the Fancie cooles, till when
That brave Spirit comes agen.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Not every day fit for Verse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/723/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Not every day fit for Verse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/723/.

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