Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.

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Title
Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
Author
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.
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London :: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield ...,
1648.
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Page 63

Teares are Tongues.

WHen Julia chid, I stood as mute the while, As is the fish, or tonguelesse Crocodile. Aire coyn'd to words, my Julia co'd not heare; But she co'd see each eye to stamp a teare: By which, mine angry Mistresse might descry, Teares are the noble language of the eye. And when true love of words is destitute, The Eyes by tears speak, while the Tongue is mute.
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