by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

To Dianeme (II)
Language: English 
Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Which, starlike, sparkle in their skies ;
Nor be you proud that you can see
All hearts your captives, yours yet free ;
Be you not proud of that rich hair
Which wantons with the love-sick air ;
Whenas that ruby which you wear,
Sunk from the tip of your soft ear,
Will last to be a precious stone
When all your world of beauty's gone.

Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 74.


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