The Weeping Cherry

Robert Herrick

I saw a cherry weep, and why?
    Why wept it? but for shame
Because my Julia’s lip was by,
    And did out-red the same.
But, pretty fondling, let not fall
    A tear at all for that:
Which rubies, corals, scarlets, all
    For tincture wonder at.

Index + Blog :

Poetry Archive Index | Blog : Poem of the Day