Love

Upon Love.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

A Christall Violl Cupid brought,
Which had a juice in it:
Of which who drank, he said no thought
Of Love he sho'd admit.

I greedy of the prize, did drinke,
And emptied soon the glasse;
Which burnt me so, that I do thinke
The fire of hell it was.

Give me my earthen Cups again,
The Christall I contemne;
Which, though enchas'd with Pearls, contain
A deadly draught in them.

And thou O Cupid! come not to
My Threshold, since I see,
For all I have, or else can do,
Thou still wilt cozen me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/645/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/645/.

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