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Poem by Robert Herrick


To Silvia


Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess
My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness:—
None is discreet at all times; no, not Jove
Himself, at one time, can be wise and love.




Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. I Call and I Call
  2. Loss from the Least
  3. Upon the Detracter
  4. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
  5. Love, What It Is


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