Living
A Prognostick.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
AS many Lawes and Lawyers do expresse
Nought but a Kingdoms ill-affectednesse:
Ev'n so, those streets and houses do but show
Store of diseases, where Physitians flow.
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Herrick, Robert. “A Prognostick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/727/.
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Herrick, Robert. “A Prognostick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/727/.
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