Living
Things of choice, long a comming.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
VVE pray 'gainst Warre, yet we enjoy no Peace;
Desire deferr'd is, that it may encrease.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Things of choice, long a comming.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/802/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Things of choice, long a comming.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/802/.
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