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

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

For works with similar titles, see Another.

4. ANOTHER.

To read my book the virgin shy
May blush while Brutus^[1] standeth by,
But when he's gone, read through what's writ,
And never stain a cheek for it.

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