Breathe, Julia, breathe, and I’ll protest,
Nay more, I’ll deeply swear,
That all the spices of the east
Are circumfused there.
Nay more, I’ll deeply swear,
That all the spices of the east
Are circumfused there.

1591 - 1674/EnglishRobert Herrick was a 17th century English poet.
View profile & all 50 Poems / StoriesHave ye beheld (with much delight)A red rose peeping through a white?
When a daffodil I see,Hanging down his head towards me,
Display thy *******, my Julia—there let meBehold that circummortal purity,
Here a pretty baby liesSung asleep with lullabies:
Fain would I kiss my Julia’s dainty leg,Which is as white and hairless as an egg.