Living
Upon Clunn.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
A Rowle of Parchment Clunn about him beares,
Charg'd with the Armes of all his Ancestors:
And seems halfe ravisht, when he looks upon
That Bar, this Bend; that Fess, this Cheveron;
This Manch, that Moone; this Martlet, and that Mound;
This counterchange of Perle and Diamond.
What joy can Clun have in that Coat, or this,
When as his owne still out at elboes is?
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Clunn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/950/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Clunn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/950/.
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