The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/To Dianeme (Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes)

by Robert Herrick

For works with similar titles, see To Dianeme.

160. TO DIANEME.

Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Which, starlike, sparkle in their skies;
Nor be you proud that you can see
All hearts your captives, yours yet free;
Be you not proud of that rich hair
Which wantons with the love-sick air;
Whenas that ruby which you wear,
Sunk from the tip of your soft ear,
Will last to be a precious stone
When all your world of beauty's gone.