Living
To his Friend, Master J. Jincks.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
LOve, love me now, because I place
Thee here among myrighteous race:
The bastard Slips may droop and die
Wanting both Root, and Earth; but thy
Immortall selfe, shall boldly trust
To live for ever, with my Just.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his Friend, Master J. Jincks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/868/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To his Friend, Master J. Jincks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/868/.
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