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.
Vittore Carpaccio (ca. 1455-1526). The Virgin Reading.
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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