The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Another (To read my book the virgin shy)

by Robert Herrick

For works with similar titles, see Another.

4. ANOTHER.

To read my book the virgin shy
May blush while Brutus standeth by,
But when he's gone, read through what's writ,
And never stain a cheek for it.

Brutus, see Martial, xi. 16, quoted in Note at the end of the volume.