THE POET HATH LOST HIS PIPE.
by Robert Herrick


I CANNOT pipe as I was wont to do,
Broke is my reed, hoarse is my singing, too ;
My wearied oat I'll hang upon the tree,
And give it to the sylvan deity.
Hendrick Terbrugghen. The Flute Player, 1621
Terbrugghen. The Flute Player, 1621.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 2.



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