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:
       
      '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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