Love

Upon Julia's haire, bundled up in a golden net.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

TEll me, what needs those rich deceits,
These golden Toyles, and Trammel-nets,
To take thine haires when they are knowne
Already tame, and all thine owne?
'Tis I am wild, and more then haires
Deserve these Mashes and those snares.
Set free thy Tresses, let them flow
As aires doe breathe, or winds doe blow:
And let such curious Net-works be
Lesse set for them, then spred for me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Julia's haire, bundled up in a golden net.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/890/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Julia's haire, bundled up in a golden net.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/890/.

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