THE HEADACHE.
by Robert Herrick


MY head doth ache,
O Sappho ! take
       Thy fillet,
And bind the pain,
Or bring some bane
       To kill it.

But less that part
Than my poor heart
       Now is sick ;
One kiss from thee
Will counsel be
       And physic.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 9.
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