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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I Co'd but see thee yesterday
Stung by a fretfull Bee;
And I the Javelin suckt away,
And heal'd the wound in thee.

A thousand thorns, and Bryars & Stings,
I have in my poore Brest;
Yet ne'r can see that salve which brings
My Passions any rest.

As Love shall helpe me, I admire
How thou canst sit and smile,
To see me bleed, and not desire
To stench the blood the while.

If thou compos'd of gentle mould
Art so unkind to me;
What dismall Stories will be told
Of those that cruell be?