TO SILVIA

Portrait of Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick 1591–1674

Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness:-- None is discreet at all times; no, not Jove Himself, at one time, can be wise and love.

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