Living
Bad wages for good service.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IN this misfortune Kings doe most excell,
To heare the worst from men, when they doe well.
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Herrick, Robert. “Bad wages for good service.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/941/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Bad wages for good service.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/941/.
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