Love

Upon Cupid.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

OLd wives have often told, how they
Saw Cupid bitten by a flea:
And thereupon, in tears half drown'd,
He cry'd aloud, Help, help the wound:
He wept, he sobb'd, he call'd to some
To bring him Lint, and Balsamum,
To make a Tent, and put it in,
Where the Steletto pierc'd the skin:
Which being done, the fretfull paine
Asswag'd, and he was well again.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Cupid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/44/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Cupid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/44/.

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