Love
Upon Electra.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
WHen out of bed my Love doth spring,
'Tis but as day a kindling:
But when She's up and fully drest,
'Tis then broad Day throughout the East.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Electra.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/406/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Upon Electra.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/406/.
Read this poem with the Codex →