Robert Herrick - Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself

Robert Herrick - Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself

Tell, if thou canst, and truly, whence doth come br This camphire, storax, spikenard, galbanum, br These musks, these ambers, and those other smells br Sweet as the Vestry of the Oracles. br I'll tell thee:—while my Julia did unlace br Her silken bodice but a breathing space, br The passive air such odour then assumed br As when to Jove great Juno goes perfumed, br Whose pure immortal body doth transmit br A scent that fills both heaven and earth with it.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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