Time & Brevity
The present time best pleaseth.
From Hesperides (1648)
Time & Brevity
PRaise they that will Times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The present time best pleaseth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/936/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The present time best pleaseth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/936/.
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