Poem by Robert Herrick

The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls

Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew:
And nothing I did say,
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.
Some ask'd how Pearls did grow, and where:
Then spoke I to my girl,
To part her lips, and shew me there
The quarrelets of Pearl.

1. His Last Request to Julia
2. To Anthea (Anthea, I am going hence)
3. To Sapho
4. Upon Julia's Ribbon
5. Posting to Printing (Epigram)

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