I have lost, and lately, these <br />Many dainty mistresses:-- <br />Stately Julia, prime of all; <br />Sapho next, a principal: <br />Smooth Anthea, for a skin <br />White, and heaven-like crystalline: <br />Sweet Electra, and the choice <br />Myrha, for the lute and voice. <br />Next, Corinna, for her wit, <br />And the graceful use of it; <br />With Perilla:--All are gone; <br />Only Herrick's left alone, <br />For to number sorrow by <br />Their departures hence, and die.<br /><br />Robert Herrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/upon-the-loss-of-his-mistresses/
