The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls

by Robert Herrick

75. THE ROCK OF RUBIES, AND THE QUARRY OF PEARLS.

Some ask'd me where the rubies grew,
And nothing I did say:
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.
Some ask'd how pearls did grow, and where;
Then spoke I to my girl,
To part her lips, and show'd them there
The quarrelets of Pearl.

Quarrelets, little squares.