Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.
By. Robert HerrickUpon His Gray Haires
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Lady, this I know you ’ll say;
Better look the Roses red,
When with white commingled.
Black your haires are; mine are white;
This begets the more delight,
When things meet most opposite:
As in Pictures we descry,
Venus standing Vulcan by.