UPON JULIA'S HAIR FILLED WITH DEW.
by Robert Herrick


DEW sat on Julia's hair
   And spangled too,
Like leaves that laden are
   With trembling dew :
Or glitter'd to my sight,
   As when the beams
Have their reflected light
   Danc'd by the streams.
 Rubens (1577-1640). The Toilet of Venus.
Rubens (1577-1640). The Toilet of Venus.
From CGFA.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 226-7.
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