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To the Queen

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Goddess of youth, and lady of the spring,

Most fit to be the consort to a king,
Be pleas’d to rest you in this sacred grove
Beset with myrtles, whose each leaf drops love.
Many a sweet-fac’d wood-nymph here is seen,
Of which chaste order you are now the queen:
Witness their homage when they come and strew
Your walks with flowers, and give their crowns to you.
Your leafy throne, with lily-work possess,
And be both princess here and poetess.

Published in Hesperides
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