Living
Choose for the best.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
GIve house-roome to the best; 'Tis never known
Vertue and pleasure, both to dwell in one.
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Herrick, Robert. “Choose for the best.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/944/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Choose for the best.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/944/.
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