THE CLOUD.
by Robert Herrick


SEEST thou that cloud that rides in state,
Part ruby-like, part candidate
It is no other than the bed
Where Venus sleeps half-smothered.


Candidate, robed in white.
Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 86.
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