Love
Phillis
Love
IN Peticoat of greene,
Her Haire about her Eine,
Phillis beneath an Oake
Sate milking her faire flock:
'Mongst that sweet-strained moisture (rare delight)
Her hand seem'd milke, in milke it was so white.
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MLA
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Phillis.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/140/.
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Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Phillis.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/140/.
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