A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

215. LOVERS HOW THEY COME AND PART

     A Gyges ring they bear about them still,
     To be, and not seen when and where they will;
     They tread on clouds, and though they sometimes fall,
     They fall like dew, and make no noise at all:
     So silently they one to th' other come,
     As colours steal into the pear or plum,
     And air-like, leave no pression to be seen
     Where'er they met, or parting place has been.