Living
Chop-Cherry.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THou gav'st me leave to kisse;
Thou gav'st me leave to wooe;
Thou mad'st me thinke by this,
And that, thou lov'dst me too.
But I shall ne'r forget,
How for to make thee merry;
Thou mad'st me chop, but yet,
Another snapt the Cherry.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chop-Cherry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/366/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Chop-Cherry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/366/.
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