Love
To Electra.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
I Dare not ask a kisse;
I dare not beg a smile;
Lest having that, or this,
I might grow proud the while.
No, no, the utmost share
Of my desire, shall be
Onely to kisse that Aire,
That lately kissed thee.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Electra.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/672/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To Electra.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/672/.
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