by Robert Herrick
A BACHELOR I will
Live as I have liv'd still,
And never take a wife
To crucify my life ;
But this I'll tell ye too,
What now I mean to do :
A sister (in the stead
Of wife) about I'll lead ;
Which I will keep embrac'd,
And kiss, but yet be chaste.
Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 14.
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