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Poem by Robert Herrick


On a Perfumed Lady


You say you're sweet: how should we know
Whether that you be sweet or no?
-From powders and perfumes keep free;
Then we shall smell how sweet you be! 



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. To My Ill Reader
  2. Kisses Loathsome
  3. To Julia in the Temple
  4. The Bracelet to Julia
  5. To Dianeme (I could but see thee yesterday)


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