Love

To his Mistresse objecting to him neither Toying or Talking.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

YOu say I love not, cause I doe not play
Still with your curles, and kisse the time away.
You blame me too, because I cann't devise
Some sport, to please those Babies in your eyes:
By Loves Religion, I must here confesse it,
The most I love, when I the least expresse it.
Small griefs find tongues: Full Casques are ever found
To give (if any, yet) but little sound.
Deep waters noyse-lesse are; And this we know,
That chiding streams betray small depth below.
So when Love speechlesse is, she doth expresse
A depth in love, and that depth, bottomlesse.
Now since my love is tongue-lesse, know me such,
Who speak but little, cause I love so much.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To his Mistresse objecting to him neither Toying or Talking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/36/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To his Mistresse objecting to him neither Toying or Talking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/36/.

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