Living
To Biancha, to blesse him.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WO'd I wooe, and wo'd I winne,
Wo'd I well my worke begin?
Wo'd I evermore be crown'd
With the end that I propound?
Wo'd I frustrate, or prevent
All Aspects malevolent?
Thwart all Wizzards, and with these
Dead all black contingencies:
Place my words, and all works else
In most happy Parallels?
All will prosper, if so be
I be kist, or blest by thee.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Biancha, to blesse him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/906/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Biancha, to blesse him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/906/.
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