Book 1: Hymn 34: A young man's love-charm

01. From honey sprang this Plant to life; with honey now we dig thee up. Make us as sweet as honey, for from honey hast thou been pro- duced. 2My tongue hath honey at the tip, and sweetest honey at the root: p. a31 Thou yieldest to my wish and will, and shalt be mine and only mine. 3My coming in is honey-sweet and honey-sweet, my going forth: My voice and words are sweet: I fain would be like honey in my look. 4Sweeter am I than honey, yet more full of sweets than licorice: So mayst thou love me as a branch full of all sweets, and only me. 5Around thee have I girt a zone of sugar-cane to banish hate. That thou mayst be in love with me, my darling never to depart.