"The Argument of His Book" -- I sing of brooks, of blossomes, birds, and bowers; / Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. / I sing of may-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes; / Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridall cakes. / I write of youth, of love, and have acesse / By them to sing of cleanly wantonnesse. / I sing of dewes, of raines, and, piece by piece, / Of balme, of oyle, of spice, and ambergreece. / I sing of times trans-shifting; and I write / How roses first came red, and lillies white. / I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing / The court of Mab, and of the Fairie-king. / I write of hell; I sing, and ever shall / Of heaven, and hope to have it after all. -- Robert Herrick (1591-1674), from "Hesperides"