Living
Beginning, difficult.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HArd are the two first staires unto a Crowne;
Which got, the third, bids him a King come downe.
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Herrick, Robert. “Beginning, difficult.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/934/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Beginning, difficult.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/934/.
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