Love
Upon the Roses in Julias bosome.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
THrice happie Roses, so much grac't, to have
Within the Bosome of my Love your grave.
Die when ye will, your sepulchre is knowne,
Your Grave her Bosome is, the Lawne the Stone.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Upon the Roses in Julias bosome.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/743/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon the Roses in Julias bosome.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/743/.
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