Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND, MR. JOHN WICKS, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since shed or cottage I have none Last Line: One that should drop his beads for thee. | ||||||||
SINCE shed or cottage I have none, I sing the more that thou hast one, To whose glad threshold and free door I may a poet come, though poor, And eat with thee a savoury bit, Paying but common thanks for it. Yet should I chance, my Wicks, to see An over-leaven look in thee. To sour the bread, and turn the beer To an exalted vinegar; Or shouldst thou prize me as a dish Of thrice boifed worts, or third day's fish, I'd rather hungry go and come Than to thy house be burdensome: Yet in my depth of grief I'd be One that should drop his beads for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK |
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