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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard
Hesperides
Upon Sappho Sweetly Playing and Sweetly Singing
Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2763229The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Upon Sappho Sweetly Playing and Sweetly Singing
1898Alfred Pollard

362. UPON SAPPHO SWEETLY PLAYING AND SWEETLY SINGING.

When thou dost play and sweetly sing—
Whether it be the voice or string
Or both of them that do agree
Thus to entrance and ravish me—
This, this I know, I'm oft struck mute,
And die away upon thy lute.