The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Upon Julia's Fall

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)119034The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Upon Julia's Fall
1898Alfred Pollard

27. UPON JULIA'S FALL.

Julia was careless, and withal
She rather took than got a fall,
The wanton ambler chanc'd to see
Part of her legs' sincerity:
And ravish'd thus, it came to pass,
The nag (like to the prophet's ass)
Began to speak, and would have been
A-telling what rare sights he'd seen:
And had told all; but did refrain
Because his tongue was tied again.