by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

Upon Cupid (III)
Language: English 
As lately I a garland bound,
'Mongst roses I there Cupid found ;
I took him, put him in my cup,
And drunk with wine, I drank him up.
Hence it is that my poor breast
Could never since find any rest.

Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 119.


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