THE BRACELET: TO JULIA
                      - Robert Herrick

Why I tie about thy wrist,
Julia, this silken twist;
For what other reason is't
But to show thee how, in part,
Thou my pretty captive art?
But thy bond-slave is my heart;
'Tis but silk that bindeth thee,
Knap the thread and thou art free;
But 'tis otherwise with me:
- I am bound and fast-bound so
That from thee I cannot go;
If I could, I would not so.