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Well I sup and well I dine,
When I drink my frolic wine.

Robert Herrick

Wine, Drink, Dine

Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”, p.164

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Learn this of me, where'er thy lot doth fall,
Short lot, or not, to be content with all.

Robert Herrick

Fall, Contentment

Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”

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Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend
Him, as He is, is labour without end.

Robert Herrick

God, Ends, Hard

Robert Herrick (1891). “The Hesperides & Noble Numbers”

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Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent.

Robert Herrick

Adversity, Love Is, Wealth

Robert Herrick (1856). “Hesperides Or The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick”, p.37

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When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead: Lastly, safely buryed.

Robert Herrick

Flower, May, Firsts

Robert Herrick (1898). “The Hesperides & Noble Numbers”

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We credit most our sight; one eye doth please
Our trust farre more than ten eare-witnesses.

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Eye, Sight, Credit

Robert Herrick, Lord Thomas Maitland Dundrennan (1823). “Hesperides (continued) His noble numbers: or, his pious pieces”, p.127

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My soul I'll pour into thee.

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Sexy, Soul, Thee

Robert Herrick (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.59, Taylor & Francis

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Then be not coy, but use your time;
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.

Robert Herrick

Use, May, Rose Buds

'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time'

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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.

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Time, Succeed, Doe

Robert Herrick (1844). “Hesperides Or Works Both Human and Divine”, p.91

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Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her.

Robert Herrick

Baby, Lying, Earth

Robert Herrick (1869). “Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected”, p.240

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Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

Robert Herrick

Hurt, Temptation, Satan

Robert Herrick, Samuel Weller Singer (1856). “Hesperides: or, The works both humane and divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.231

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Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say,
Birds chuse their mates and couple too this day:
But by their flight I never can devine
When I shall couple with my valentine.

Robert Herrick

Couple, Valentine, Bird

Robert Herrick, Samuel Weber Singer (1856). “Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.243

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Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom

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Money, Fighting, Silver

Robert Herrick (1844). “Hesperides Or Works Both Human and Divine”, p.136

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Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Robert Herrick

Tree, Despair, Cypresses

'To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything'

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God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy end to it.

Robert Herrick

Men, Thinking, Giving

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Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her.

Robert Herrick

Spring, Waiting, Honor

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But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

Robert Herrick

Giving Up, Flower, Rose

'The Rose'

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Feed him ye must, whose food fills you.
And that this pleasure is like raine,
Not sent ye for to drowne your paine,
But for to make it spring againe.

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Spring, Eating, Pleasure

Robert Herrick (1844). “Hesperides Or Works Both Human and Divine”, p.39

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A SWEET disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness :
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction :
An erring lace which here and there
Enthrals the crimson stomacher :
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbons to flow confusedly :
A winning wave (deserving note)
In the tempestuous petticoat :
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility :
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.

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Sweet, Art, Winning

Robert Herrick, “Delight In Disorder”

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Go to your banquet then, but use delight
So as to rise still with an appetite.

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Use, Delight, Eating

Robert Herrick (1869). “Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected”, p.236

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Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.

Robert Herrick

Men, Glory

Robert Herrick (1844). “Hesperides Or Works Both Human and Divine”, p.114

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And as this round (ring) is nowhere found to flaw, or else to sever. So let our love as endless prove and pure as gold forever.

Robert Herrick

Wedding, Forever, Gold

Robert Herrick (1904). “Poems”

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You say to me-wards your affection's strong;
Pray love me little, so you love me long.

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Love, Life, Strong

Robert Herrick, Samuel Weber Singer (1856). “Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.97

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Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.

Robert Herrick

Wise, Wisdom, Shine On

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Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least.

Robert Herrick

Love Is, Temptation, Devil

Robert Herrick, Alfred William Pollard (1898). “The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: edited by Alfred Pollard, with a pref. by A.C. Swinburne”

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Born: August 24, 1591
Died: October 15, 1674
Occupation: Poet
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