Love

Of Love. A Sonet.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

HOw Love came in, I do not know,
Whether by th' eye, or eare, or no:
Or whether with the soule it came
(At first) infused with the same:
Whether in part 'tis here or there,
Or, like the soule, whole every where:
This troubles me: but I as well
As any other, this can tell;
That when from hence she does depart,
The out-let then is from the heart.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Of Love. A Sonet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/71/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Of Love. A Sonet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/71/.

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