Living

Vpon a Virgin.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

SPend Harmless shade thy nightly Houres,
Selecting here, both Herbs, and Flowers;
Of which make Garlands here, and there,
To dress thy silent sepulchre.
Nor do thou feare the want of these,
In everlasting Properties.
Since we fresh strewings will bring hither,
Farre faster then the first can wither.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon a Virgin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/921/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Vpon a Virgin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/921/.

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