Living
The Weeping Cherry.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
I Saw a Cherry weep, and why?
Why wept it? but for shame,
Because my Julia's lip was by,
And did out-red the same.
But pretty Fondling, let not fall
A teare at all for that:
Which Rubies, Corralls, Scarlets, all
For tincture, wonder at.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Weeping Cherry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/21/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Weeping Cherry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/21/.
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