"The Silk Gown". Watercolour by Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), 1885. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
| Upon Julia's Clothes (1648) by |
| Published in Hesperides, 1648 |
Upon Julia's Clothes[]
Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free;
O how that glittering taketh me!
Robert Herrick - Upon Julia's Clothes
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