Time & Brevity
Out of Time, out of Tune.
From Hesperides (1648)
Time & Brevity
WE blame, nay we despise her paines
That wets her Garden when it raines:
But when the drought has dri'd the knot;
Then let her use the watring pot.
We pray for showers (at our need)
To drench, but not to drown our seed.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Out of Time, out of Tune.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/876/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Out of Time, out of Tune.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/876/.
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