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Poem by Robert Herrick


To Sapho


Sapho, I will chuse to go
Where the northern winds do blow
Endless ice, and endless snow;
Rather than I once would see
But a winter's face in thee,—
To benumb my hopes and me.



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. Lovers How They Come and Part


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