Living

Upon Case.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

CAse is a Lawyer, that near pleads alone,
But when he hears the like confusion,
As when the disagreeing Commons throw
About their House, their clamorous I, or No:
Then Case, as loud as any Serjant there,
Cries out (my Lord, my Lord) the Case is clear:
But when all's husht, Case then a fish more mute,
Bestirs his Hand, but starves in hand the Suite.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Case.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/984/.

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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Case.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/984/.

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