Living
Money makes the mirth.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WHen all Birds els do of their musick faile,
Money's the still-sweet-singing Nightingale.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Money makes the mirth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/735/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Money makes the mirth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/735/.
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