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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. Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis
  2. Orpheus
  3. How Springs Came First
  4. Upon Love: By Way of Question and Answer
  5. Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love


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