THE CANDOUR OF JULIA'S TEETH.
by Robert Herrick


WHITE as Zenobia's teeth, the which the girls
Of Rome did wear for their most precious pearls.



Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, conquered by the Romans,
A. D. 273.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 62.


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