Love

To Perenna.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

I A Dirge will pen for thee;
Thou a Trentall make for me:
That the Monks and Fryers together,
Here may fing the rest of either:
Next, I'm sure, the Nuns will have
Candlemas to grace the Grave.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/985/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/985/.

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