Love
Love kill'd by Lack.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
LEt me be warme; let me be fully fed:
Luxurious Love by Wealth is nourished.
Let me be leane, and cold, and once grown poore,
I shall dislike, what once I lov'd before.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Love kill'd by Lack.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/91/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Love kill'd by Lack.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/91/.
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