Poem by Robert Herrick

Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast

Have ye beheld (with much delight)
A red rose peeping through a white?
Or else a cherry (double graced)
Within a lily? Centre placed?
Or ever marked the pretty beam
A strawberry shows half drowned in cream?
Or seen rich rubies blushing through
A pure smooth pearl, and orient too?
So like to this, nay all the rest,
Is each neat niplet of her breast. 

1. To Daisies, Not to Shut so Soon
2. Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis
3. Lovers How They Come and Part
4. To Carnations: a Song
5. The Lily in a Crystal

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