Love

Upon Cupid.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

LOve, like a Gypsie, lately came;
And did me much importunc
To see my hand; that by the same
He might fore-tell my Fortune.

He saw my Palme; and then, said he,
I tell thee, by this score here;
That thou, within few months, shalt be
The youthfull Prince D'Amour here.

I smil'd; and bade him once more prove,
And by some crosse-line show it;
That I co'd ne'r be Prince of Love,
Though here the Princely Poet.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Cupid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/167/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Cupid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/167/.

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