Living

Maids nay's are nothing.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MAids nay's are nothing, they are shie
But to desire what they denie.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Maids nay's are nothing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/744/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Maids nay's are nothing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/744/.

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