THE RAINBOW, OR CURIOUS COVENANT.
by Robert Herrick


MINE eyes, like clouds, were drizzling rain ;
And as they thus did entertain
The gentle beams from Julia's sight
To mine eyes levell'd opposite,
O thing admir'd !  there did appear
A curious rainbow smiling there ;
Which was the covenant that she
No more would drown mine eyes or me.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 44.


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