THE FRANKINCENSE.
by Robert Herrick


WHEN my off'ring next I make,
Be thy hand the hallowed cake,
And thy breast the altar whence
Love may smell the frankincense.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 197.


  Paolo Veronese. Mars and Venus United by Love. c. 1570.
Paolo Veronese. Mars and Venus United by Love. c. 1570.

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