Living
The Lawne.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
WO'd I see Lawn, clear as the Heaven, and thin?
It sho'd be onely in my Julia's skin:
Which so betrayes her blood, as we discover
The blush of cherries, when a Lawn's cast over.
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Herrick, Robert. “The Lawne.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/418/.
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