Living
To his Book.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BEfore the Press scarce one co'd see
A little-peeping-part of thee:
But since th'art Printed, thou dost call
To shew thy nakedness to all.
My care for thee is now the less;
(Having resign'd thy shamefac'tness:)
Go with thy Faults and Fates; yet stay
And take this sentence, then away;
Whom one belov'd will not suffice,
She'l runne to all adulteries.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his Book.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/908/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To his Book.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/908/.
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