One asked me where the roses grew:
I bade him not go seek,
But forwith bade my Julia show
A bud in either cheek.
More verses by Robert Herrick
- Anthea's Retractation
- To The Lady Crewe, Upon The Death Of Her Child
- Upon Roses
- To Music, To Becalm His Fever
- Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, Under The Name Ofamarillis