Cherry peddler in Bucharest, by Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), 1869. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
| Cherry-Ripe (1648) by |
| from Hesperides, 1648 |
Cherry-Ripe[]
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry,
Full and fair ones, come and buy.
If so be you ask me where
They do grow, I answer: There,
Where my Julia's lips do smile;
There's the land, or cherry-isle,
Whose plantations fully show
All the year where cherries grow.
See also[]
External links[]
- "Cherry-Ripe" at YouTube
This poem is in the public domain