lipp'd

Updated: May 8, 2025

Herrick, mindful of its associations, thus apostrophises Venus: "Goddess, I do love a girl, Ruby lipp'd and toothed like pearl; If so be I may but prove Lucky in this maid I love, I will promise there shall be Myrtles offered up to thee."

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants