Living
Upon Faunus.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WE read how Faunus, he the shepheards God,
His wife to death whipt with a Mirtle Rod.
The Rod (perhaps) was better'd by the name;
But had it been of Birch, the death's the same.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Faunus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/995/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Faunus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/995/.
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