Living
To his Honour'd friend, Sir Thomas Heale.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
STand by the Magick of my powerfull Rhymes
'Gainst all the indignation of the Times.
Age shall not wrong thee; or one jot abate
Of thy both Great, and everlasting fate.
While others perish, her'es thy life decreed
Because begot of my Immort all seed.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Honour'd friend, Sir Thomas Heale.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/878/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Honour'd friend, Sir Thomas Heale.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/878/.
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