Living

Upon himselfe.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

I Lately fri'd, but now behold
I freeze as fast, and shake for cold.
And in good faith I'd thought it strange
T'ave found in me this sudden change;
But that I understood by dreames,
These only were but Loves extreames;
Who fires with hope the Lovers heart,
And starves with cold the self-same part.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon himselfe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/924/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon himselfe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/924/.

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