Love
To Perenna.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
WHen I thy Parts runne o're, I can't espie
In any one, the least indecencie:
But every Line, and Limb diffused thence,
A faire, and unfamiliar excellence:
So, that the more I look, the more I prove,
Ther's still more cause, why I the more should love.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/14/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Perenna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/14/.
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