William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | The Bracelet: To Julia | By Robert Herrick (15911674) |
| WHY I tie about thy wrist, | |
Julia, this my silken twist; | |
For what other reason ist | |
But to show thee how, in part, | |
Thou my pretty captive art? | 5 |
But thy bond-slave is my heart: | |
Tis but silk that bindeth thee, | |
Knap the thread and thou art free; | |
But tis otherwise with me: | |
I am bound and fast bound, so | 10 |
That from thee I cannot go; | |
If I could I would not so. | | | |
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