Living
Upon a Maid.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GOne she is a long, long way,
But she has decreed a day
Back to come, (and make no stay.)
So we keepe till her returne
Here, her ashes, or her Urne.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Maid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/857/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Maid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/857/.
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