Living
Upon Loach.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SEeal'd up with Night-gum, Loach each morning lyes,
Till his Wife licking, so unglews his eyes.
No question then, but such a lick is sweet,
When a warm tongue do's with such Ambers meet.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Loach.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/825/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Loach.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/825/.
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