Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик))

Upon Roses

Under a lawn, than skies more clear,
Some ruffled Roses nestling were,
And snugging there, they seem'd to lie
As in a flowery nunnery;
They blush'd, and look'd more fresh than flowers
Quickened of late by pearly showers;
And all, because they were possest
But of the heat of Julia's breast,
Which, as a warm and moisten'd spring,
Gave them their ever-flourishing.

Robert Herrick’s other poems:

  1. A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
  2. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
  3. The Definition of Beauty
  4. The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
  5. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland




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