Living

The Bag of the Bee.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

ABout the sweet bag of a Bee,
Two Cupids fell at ddos;
And whose the pretty prize shu'd be,
They vow'd to ask the Gods.

Which Venus hearing; thither came,
And for their boldness stript them:
And taking thence from each his flame;
With rods of Mirtle whipt them.

Which done, to still their wanton cries,
When quiet grown sh'ad seen them,
She kist, and wip'd thir dove-like eyes;
And gave the Bag between them.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Bag of the Bee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/90/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Bag of the Bee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/90/.

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