Robert Herrick. To Electra. (II)

TO ELECTRA. (II)
by Robert Herrick

I'LL come to thee in all those shapes
As Jove did when he made his rapes,
Only I�ll not appear to thee
As he did once to Semele.
Thunder and lightning I�ll lay by,
To talk with thee familiarly.
Which done, then quickly we�ll undress
To one and th� other�s nakedness.
And, ravish�d, plunge into the bed,
Bodies and souls commingled,
And kissing, so as none may hear,
We�ll weary all the fables there.

Fables, i.e., of Jove�s amours.

Correggio. Jupiter and Io,
ca. 1531-32. From CGFA.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 70.

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