Nature
How Roses came red.
From Hesperides (1648)
Nature
TIs said, as Cupid danc't among
The Gods, he down the Nectar flung;
Which, on the white Rose being shed,
Made it for ever after red.
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Herrick, Robert. “How Roses came red.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/715/.
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Herrick, Robert. “How Roses came red.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/715/.
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