Love

The Vision to Electra.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

IDream'd we both were in a bed
Of Roses, almost smothered:
The warmth and sweetnes had me there
Made lovingly familiar:
But that I heard thy sweet breath say,
Faults done by night, will blush by day:
I kist thee (panting,) and I call
Night to the Record! that was all.
But ah! if empty dreames so please,
Love give me more such nights as these.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Vision to Electra.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/54/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Vision to Electra.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/54/.

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