Living

How his soule came ensnared.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MY soule would one day goe and seeke
For Roses, and in Julia's cheeke,
A richess of those sweets she found,
(As in an other Rosamond.)
But gathering Roses as she was;
(Not knowing what would come to passe)
It chanst a ringlet of her haire,
Caught my poore soule, as in a snare:
Which ever since has been in thrall,
Yet freedome, shee enjoyes withall.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “How his soule came ensnared.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/885/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “How his soule came ensnared.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/885/.

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