Living
Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
DOwn with the Rosemary, and so
Down with the Baies, & misletoe:
Down with the Holly, Ivie, all,
Wherewith ye drest the Christmas Hall:
That so the superstious find
No one least Branch there left behind:
For look how many leaves there be
Neglected there (maids trust to me)
So many Goblins you shall see.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/989/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/989/.
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