Living

His Cavalier.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

GIve me that man, that dares bestride
The active Sea-horse, & with pride,
Through that huge field of waters ride:
Who, with his looks too, can appease
The ruffling winds and raging Seas,
In mid'st of all their outrages.
This, this a virtuous man can doe,
Saile against Rocks, and split them too;
I! and a world of Pikes pasle through.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “His Cavalier.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/88/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “His Cavalier.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/88/.

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