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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/To Dianeme (Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes)

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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2653036The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
To Dianeme
1898Alfred Pollard

160. TO DIANEME.

Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Which, starlike, sparkle in their skies;
Nor be you proud that you can see
All hearts your captives, yours yet free;
Be you not proud of that rich hair
Which wantons with the love-sick air;
Whenas that ruby which you wear,
Sunk from the tip of your soft ear,
Will last to be a precious stone
When all your world of beauty's gone.