Living
Cunctation in Correction.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THe Lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside,
Knit them with knots (with much adoe unty'd)
That if (unknitting) men wo'd yet repent,
They might escape the lash of punishment.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cunctation in Correction.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/929/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Cunctation in Correction.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/929/.
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