Love
To Julia:
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
HOw rich and pleasing thou my Julia art
In each thy dainty, and peculiar part!
First, for thy Queen-ship on thy head is set
Of flowers a sweet commingled Coronet:
About thy neck a Carkanet is bound,
Made of the Rubie, Pearle and Diamond:
A golden ring, that shines upon thy thumb:
About thy wrist, the rich Dardanium.
Between thy Breast (then Doune of Swans more white)
There playes the Saphire with the Chrysolite.
No part besides must of thy selfe be known,
But by the Topaz, Opa!, Calcedon.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/86/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/86/.
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