Robert Herrick. To His Book. (VII).

TO HIS BOOK. (VII).
by Robert Herrick

BE bold, my book, nor be abash'd, or fear
The cutting thumb-nail or the brow severe ;
But by the Muses swear all here is good
If but well read, or, ill read, understood.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 11.

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