Nature
Upon one Lillie, who marryed with a maid call'd Rose.
From Hesperides (1648)
Nature
VVHat times of sweetnesse this faire day fore-shows,
When as the Lilly marries with the Rose!
What next is lookt for? but we all sho'd see
To spring from these a sweet Posterity.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon one Lillie, who marryed with a maid call'd Rose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/125/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon one Lillie, who marryed with a maid call'd Rose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/125/.
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