Living
Courage cool'd.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
I Cannot love, as I have lov'd before:
For, I'm grown old; &, with mine age, grown poore:
Love must be fed by wealth: this blood of mine
Must needs wax cold, if wanting bread and wine.
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Herrick, Robert. “Courage cool'd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/777/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Courage cool'd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/777/.
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