Living

Lips Tonguelesse.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

FOr my part, I never care
For those lips, that tongue-ty'd are:
Tell-tales I wo'd have them be
Of my Mistresse, and of me.
Let them prattle how that I,
Sometimes freeze, and sometimes frie:
Let them tell how she doth move
Fore-or backward in her love:
Let them speak by gentle tones,
One and th'others passions:
How we watch, and seldome sleep:
How by Willowes we doe weep:
How by stealth we meet, and then
Kisse, and sigh, so part agen.
This the lips we will permit
For to tell, not publish it.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Lips Tonguelesse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/204/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Lips Tonguelesse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/204/.

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