Living

To Criticks.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

ILe write, because Ile give
You Criticks means to live:
For sho'd I not supply
The Cause, th'effect wo'd die.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To Criticks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/94/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To Criticks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/94/.

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