Living

Being once blind, his request to Biancha.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

WHen Age or Chance has made me blind,
So that the path I cannot find:
And when my falls and stumblings are
More then the stones i'th'street by farre:
Goe thou afore; and I shall well
Follow thy Perfumes by the smell:
Or be my guide; and I shall be
Led by some light that flows from thee.
Thus held, or led by thee, I shall
In wayes confus'd, nor slip or fall.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Being once blind, his request to Biancha.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/96/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Being once blind, his request to Biancha.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/96/.

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