THE PRIMITIÆ TO PARENTS.
by Robert Herrick


OUR household-gods our parents be ;
And manners good require that we
The first fruits give to them, who gave
Us hands to get what here we have.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 29.


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