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Poem by Robert Herrick


Upon His Gray Hairs


Fly me not, though I be gray,
Lady, this I know you'll say;
Better look the roses red,
When with white commingled.
Black your hairs are; mine are white;
This begets the more delight,
When things meet most opposite;
As in pictures we descry
Venus standing Vulcan by.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. The Changes: to Corinna
  2. To Carnations: a Song
  3. The Apron of Flowers
  4. The Lily in a Crystal
  5. The Bag of the Bee


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