JULIA'S SWEAT.
by Robert Herrick


WOULD ye oil of blossoms get ?
Take it from my Julia's sweat :
Oil of lilies and of spike ?
From her moisture take the like,
Let her breathe, or let her blow,
All rich spices thence will flow.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 54.


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