“Some asked me where the rubies grew,
And nothing I did say;
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.”

— Robert Herrick , book Hesperides

"The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarrie of Pearls".
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17th-century English poet and cleric 1591–1674

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“Some asked me where the rubies grew,And nothing I did say;But with my finger pointed toThe lips of Julia.”

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“Some asked me where the rubies grew,
And nothing I did say;
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.”