Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say;… - Robert Herrick

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Some asked me where the rubies grew,
And nothing I did say;
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick (baptized August 24 1591 - October 1674) was a 17th century English poet. Born in Cheapside, London, he was the seventh child and fourth son of Nicholas Herrick, a prosperous goldsmith, who committed suicide when Robert was a year old.

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Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so past
But you may stay yet here awhile
To blush and gently smile,
And go at last.

Her pretty feet, like snails, did creep
A little out, and then,
As if they playèd at bo-peep,
Did soon draw in again.

Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Which starlike sparkle in their skies;
Nor be you proud that you can see
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Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. - Robert Herrick

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