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.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield ...,; 1648.
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Upon a black Twist, rounding the Arme of the Countesse of Carlile.

I Saw about her spotlesse wrist,
Of blackest silk, a curious twist;
Which, circumvolving gently, there
Enthrall'd her Arme, as Prisoner.
Dark was the Jayle; but as if light
Had met t'engender with the night;
Or so, as Darknesse made a stay
To shew at once, both night and day.
I fancie more! but if there be
Such Freedome in Captivity;
I beg of Love, that ever I
May in like Chains of Darknesse lie.