THE BRACELET: TO JULIA
by: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
- HY I tie
about thy wrist,
- Julia, this silken twist;
- For what other reason is't
- But to show thee how, in part,
- Thou my pretty captive art?
- But thy bond-slave is my heart:
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- 'Tis but silk that bindeth thee,
- Knap the thread and thou art free;
- But 'tis otherwise with me:
- --I am bound and fast bound, so
- That from thee I cannot go;
- If I could, I would not so.
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