Living
Purgatory.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
REaders wee enteat ye pray
For the soule of Lucia;
That in little time she be
From her Purgatory free:
In th' intrim she desires
That your teares may coole her fires.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Purgatory.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/823/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Purgatory.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/823/.
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