Titian. Sacred and Profane Love
Titian. Sacred and Profane Love, c1614. Galleria Borghese, Roma.


TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE
FOUNTAIN.
by Robert Herrick

REACH, with your whiter hands, to me
    Some crystal of the spring ;
And I about the cup shall see
    Fresh lilies flourishing.
Or else, sweet nymphs, do you but this,
    To th' glass your lips incline ;
And I shall see by that one kiss
    The water turn'd to wine.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 232.


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