THE PERFUME.
by Robert Herrick


TO-MORROW, Julia, I betimes must rise,
For some small fault to offer sacrifice :
The altar's ready : fire to consume
The fat ; breathe thou, and there's the rich perfume.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 127.


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