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A Song Upon Silvia

by Robert Herrick, 1648

From me my Silvia ran away,
  And running therewithal
A primrose bank did cross her way,
  And gave my love a fall.

But trust me now, I dare not say
  What I by chance did see;
But such the drap’ry did betray
  That fully ravished me.

Published in Hesperides
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