Living
Another to the Maids.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WAsh your hands, or else the fire
Will not teend to your desire;
Unwasht hands, ye Maidens, know,
Dead the Fire, though ye blow.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Another to the Maids.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/795/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Another to the Maids.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/795/.
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