Living
The Body.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THe Body is the Soules poore house, or home,
Whose Ribs the Laths are, & whose Flesh the Loame.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Body.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/874/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Body.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/874/.
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