A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

94. UPON ROSES

     Under a lawn, than skies more clear,
     Some ruffled Roses nestling were,
     And snugging there, they seem'd to lie
     As in a flowery nunnery;
     They blush'd, and look'd more fresh than flowers
     Quickened of late by pearly showers;
     And all, because they were possest
     But of the heat of Julia's breast,
     Which, as a warm and moisten'd spring,
     Gave them their ever-flourishing.