Love
Upon Silvia, a Mistresse.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
WHen some shall say, Faire once my Silvia was;
Thou wilt complaine, False now's thy Looking-
Which renders that quite tarnisht, wch was green; (glasse:
And Priceless now, what Peerless once had been:
Upon thy Forme more wrinkles yet will fall,
And comming downe, shall make no noise at all.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Silvia, a Mistresse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/60/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Silvia, a Mistresse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/60/.
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