The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/To His Muse (Were I to give thee baptism, I would choose)

by Robert Herrick

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84. TO HIS MUSE.

Were I to give thee baptism, I would choose
To christen thee, the bride, the bashful Muse,
Or Muse of roses: since that name does fit
Best with those virgin-verses thou hast writ:
Which are so clean, so chaste, as none may fear
Cato the censor, should he scan each here.