ANOTHER.
by Robert Herrick
To read my book the virgin shy
May blush while Brutus standeth by,
But when he's gone, read through what's writ,
And never stain a cheek for it.
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Vittore Carpaccio (ca. 1455-1526). The Virgin Reading. From CGFA. |
Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed. London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 5.
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