Nature
How Roses came red.
From Hesperides (1648)
Nature
ROses at first were white,
Till they co'd not agree,
Whether my Sapho's breast,
Or they more white sho'd be.
But being vanquisht quite,
A blush their cheeks bespred;
Since which (beleeve the rest)
The Roses first came red.
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Herrick, Robert. “How Roses came red.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/260/.
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Herrick, Robert. “How Roses came red.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/260/.
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