Living

To Silvia to wed.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

LEt us (though late) at last (my Silvia) wed;
And loving lie in one devoted bed.
Thy Watch may stand, my minutes fly poste haste;
No sound calls back the yeere that once is past.
Then sweetest Silvia, let's no longer stay;
True love, we know, precipitates delay.
Away with doubts, all scruples hence remove;
No man at one time, can be wise, and love.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To Silvia to wed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/8/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To Silvia to wed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/8/.

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