Love
To Electra.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
MOre white then whitest Lillies far,
Or Snow, or whitest Swans you are:
More white then are the whitest Creames,
Or Moone-light tinselling the streames:
More white then Pearls, or Juno's thighs
Or Pelops Arme of Yvorie.
True, I confesse; such Whites as these
May me delight, not fully please:
Till, like Ixion's Cloud you be
White, warme, and soft to lye with me.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Electra.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/103/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Electra.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/103/.
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