Love

Love perfumes all parts.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

IF I kisse Anthea's brest,
There I smell the Phenix nest:
If her lip, the most sincere
Altar of Incense, I smell there.
Hands, and thighs, and legs, are all
Richly Aromaticall.
Goddesse Isis cann't transfer
Musks and Ambers more from her:
Nor can Juno sweeter be,
When she lyes with Jove, then she.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Love perfumes all parts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/156/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Love perfumes all parts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/156/.

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