Saturday, February 12, 2022

Upon Julia's Clothes / Robert Herrick




Upon Julia's Clothes

Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
The liquefaction of her clothes. 

Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see
That brave vibration each way free,
O how that glittering taketh me!

~~
Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
from Hesperides, 1648


Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Jane Morris (The Blue Sik Dress), 1868
public domain - courtesy Wikimedia Commons

[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]


1 comment:

  1. Really enjoyed this one, George. The timeless quality, as if it could have been written yesterday.

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