Living
A good Husband.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
A Master of a house (as I have read)
Must be the first man up, and last in bed:
With the Sun rising he must walk his grounds;
See this, View that, and all the other bounds:
Shut every gate; mend every hedge that's torne.
Either with old, or plant therein new thorne:
Tread ore his gleab, but with such care, that where
He sets his foot, he leaves rich compost there.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “A good Husband.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/780/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “A good Husband.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/780/.
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