The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/To Anthea Lying in Bed

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

104. TO ANTHEA LYING IN BED.

So looks Anthea, when in bed she lies
O'ercome or half betray'd by tiffanies,
Like to a twilight, or that simpering dawn
That roses show when misted o'er with lawn.
Twilight is yet, till that her lawns give way;
Which done, that dawn turns then to perfect day.

Tiffanies, gauzes. Lawn, fine linen.