Living
No want where there's little.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO Bread and Water none is poore;
And having these, what need of more?
Though much from out the Cess be spent,
Nature with little is content.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “No want where there's little.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/98/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “No want where there's little.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/98/.
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