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" Have ye beheld (with much delight)
A red rose peeping through a white?
Or else a cherry (double graced)
Within a lily? Centre placed?
Or ever marked the pretty beam
A strawberry shows half drowned in cream?
Or seen rich rubies blushing through
A pure smooth pearl, and orient too?
So like to this, nay all the rest,
Is each neat niplet of her breast. "

Robert Welch Herrick


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Robert Welch Herrick quote : Have ye beheld (with much delight)<br />A red rose peeping through a white?<br />Or else a cherry (double graced)<br />Within a lily? Centre placed?<br />Or ever marked the pretty beam<br />A strawberry shows half drowned in cream?<br />Or seen rich rubies blushing through<br />A pure smooth pearl, and orient too?<br />So like to this, nay all the rest,<br />Is each neat niplet of her breast.