History & Politics

To the King and Queene, upon their unhappy distances.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

History & Politics

WOe, woe to them, who (by a ball of strife)
Doe, and have parted here a Man and Wife:
CHARLS the best Husband, while MARIA strives
To be, and is, the very best of Wives:
Like Streams, you are divorc'd; but't will come, when
These eyes of mine shall see you mix agen.
Thus speaks the Oke, here; C. and M. shall meet,
Treading on Amber, with their silver-feet:
Nor wil't be long, ere this accomplish'd be;
The words found true, C. M. remember me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To the King and Queene, upon their unhappy distances.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/77/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To the King and Queene, upon their unhappy distances.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/77/.

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