Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON JULIA'S UNLACING HER SELF, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell, if thou canst, (and truly) whence doth come Last Line: A scent, that fills both heaven and earth with it. Subject(s): Smells; Odors; Aromas; Fragrances | ||||||||
Tell, if thou canst, (and truly) whence doth come This Camphire, Storax, Spiknard, Galbanum: These Musks, these Ambers, and those other smells (Sweet as the Vestrie of the Oracles.) Ile tell thee; while my Julia did unlace Her silken bodies, but a breathing space: The passive Aire such odour then assum'd, As when to Jove Great Juno goes perfum'd. Whose pure-Immortall body doth transmit A scent, that fills both Heaven and Earth with it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRAGRANT HANDS by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ A BREAD AND BUTTER LETTER by KENNETH REXROTH THE PRODIGAL by ELIZABETH BISHOP COLOGNE; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AMORETTI: 64 by EDMUND SPENSER THE LADY'S DRESSING ROOM by JONATHAN SWIFT A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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