Ribald Classic: A Garland Of Lecherous Verse

January, 1979

upon the nipples of julia's breastHave ye beheld (with much delight)A red rose peeping through the white?Or else a cherry (double graced)Within a lily's center placed?Or ever marked the pretty beamA strawberry shows, half drowned in cream?Or seen rich rubies blushing throughA pure smooth pearl, and Orient, too?So like to this, nay all the rest,Is each neat niplet of her breast.--Robert Herrick (1591--1674)indian summerNow that my Madelon knows at lastThat I am wearing specs and slippers,She is s...