Love
To Anthea.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
ANthea I am going hence
With some small stock of innocence:
But yet those blessed gates I see
Withstanding entrance unto me.
To pray for me doe thou begin,
The Porter then will let me in.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/863/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/863/.
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