Robert Herrick: The Parcae ; Or, Three Dainty Destinies: The Armillet.

THE PARCÆ ; OR, THREE DAINTY DESTINIES :
THE ARMILLET.
by Robert Herrick

THREE lovely sisters working were,
   As they were closely set,
Of soft and dainty maidenhair
   A curious armillet.
I, smiling, asked them what they did,
   Fair destinies all three,
Who told me they had drawn a thread
   Of life, and 'twas for me.
They showd me then how fine 'twas spun,
   And I replid thereto,—
"I care not now how soon 'tis done,
   Or cut, if cut by you".

Giovanni Stradanus, ca. 1523-1605. Penelope Weaving.

Penelope Weaving
Giovanni Stradanus, ca. 1523-1605.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 20.

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