A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

124. THE PARCAE; OR, THREE DAINTY DESTINIES: THE ARMILET

     Three lovely sisters working were,
     As they were closely set,
     Of soft and dainty maiden-hair,
     A curious Armilet.
     I, smiling, ask'd them what they did,
     Fair Destinies all three?
     Who told me they had drawn a thread
     Of life, and 'twas for me.
     They shew'd me then how fine 'twas spun
     And I replied thereto;
     'I care not now how soon 'tis done,
     Or cut, if cut by you.'