Living
To his Sister in Law, M. Susanna Herrick.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THe Person crowns the Place; your lot doth fall
Last, yet to be with These a Principall.
How ere it fortuned; know for Truth, I meant
You a fore-leader in this Testament.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To his Sister in Law, M. Susanna Herrick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/986/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Sister in Law, M. Susanna Herrick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/986/.
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