Living

Cloathes, are conspirators.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

THough from without no foes at all we feare;
We shall be wounded by the cloathes we weare.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Cloathes, are conspirators.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/937/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Cloathes, are conspirators.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/937/.

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