Love
Upon a Virgin kissing a Rose.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
TWas but a single Rose,
Till you on it did breathe;
But since (me thinks) it shows
Not so much Rose, as Wreathe.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Virgin kissing a Rose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/145/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon a Virgin kissing a Rose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/145/.
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