Living
Poverty the greatest pack.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO mortall men great loads allotted be,
But of all packs, no pack like poverty.
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Herrick, Robert. “Poverty the greatest pack.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/724/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Poverty the greatest pack.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/724/.
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