TO MISTRESS MARY WILLAND.
by Robert Herrick


ONE more by thee, love, and desert have sent,
T' enspangle this expansive firmament.
O flame of beauty !  come, appear, appear
A virgin taper, ever shining here.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 239.


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