Living
To the Water Nymphs, drinking at the Fountain.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
REach, with your whiter hands, to me,
Some Christall of the Spring;
And I, about the Cup shall see
Fresh Lillies flourishing.
Or else sweet Nimphs do you but this;
To'th' Glasse your lips encline;
And I shall see by that one kisse,
The Water turn'd to Wine.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To the Water Nymphs, drinking at the Fountain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/496/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To the Water Nymphs, drinking at the Fountain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/496/.
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