T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Love Dislikes Nothing
By Robert Herrick (1591–1674)(Songs from Hesperides, 1648) |
WHATSOEVER thing I see, | |
| Rich or poor although it be; | |
| ’Tis a mistress unto me. | |
| Be my maiden fair or brown, | |
| Does she smile or does she frown, | 5 |
| Still I write a sweetheart down. | |
| Be she rough or smooth of skin; | |
| When I touch, I then begin | |
| For to let affection in. | |
| Be she bald, or does she wear | 10 |
| Locks incurl’d of other hair, | |
| I shall find enchantment there. | |
| Be she whole, or be she rent, | |
| So my fancy be content, | |
| She’s to me most excellent. | 15 |
| Be she fat, or be she lean, | |
| Be she sluttish, be she clean, | |
| I’m a man for ev’ry scene. | |