Living
Upon Reape.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
REapes eyes so rawe are, that (it seemes) the flyes
Mistake the flesh, and flye-blow both his eyes;
So that an Angler, for a daies expence,
May baite his hooke, with maggots taken thence.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Reape.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/888/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Reape.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/888/.
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