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• Before man's fall the rose was born,St. Ambrose says, without the thorn;But for man's fault then was the thornWithout the fragrant rose-bud born; But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

  Robert Herrick

  Fall, Men, Rose

  'The Rose'

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• What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

  Robert Herrick

  Sea, Ships, Navigation

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

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• Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.

  Robert Herrick

  Wine, Meat

  Robert Herrick (1839). “Selections from the Hesperides and Works of Robert Herrick”, p.194

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• Like will to like, each creature loves his kind.

  Robert Herrick

  Kind, Creatures

  Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”, p.256

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• Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.

  Robert Herrick

  Innocent, Repentance, Repent

  Robert Herrick (1825). “The poetical works of Robert Herrick”, p.98

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• Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known
  Verture and pleasure both to dwell in one.

  Robert Herrick

  Giving, House, Rooms

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

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• It is an active flame that fliesFirst to the babies in the eyes.

  Robert Herrick

  Baby, Eye, Flames

  Robert Herrick, “The Kiss: A Dialogue”

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• Let wealth come in by comely thrift,
  And not by any sordid shift;
  'T is haste
  Makes waste;
  Extremes have still their fault.
  Who gripes too hard the dry and slipp'ry sand,
  Holds none at all, or little, in his hand.

  Robert Herrick

  Hands, Haste Makes Waste, Dry

  Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”, p.206

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• The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam.

  Robert Herrick

  Home, House, Soul

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

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• Fair daffodils, we weep to see
  You haste away so soon:
  As yet the early-rising sun
  Has not attained his noon.

  Robert Herrick

  Haste, Noon, Rising

  "To Daffodils" l. 1 (1648)

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• Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen
  To come forth, like the springtime, fresh and green

  Robert Herrick

  Green, Springtime, Celebration

  Robert Herrick (1900). “Poems of Robert Herrick: a selection from Hesperides and Noble numbers”

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• A winning wave, (deserving note.)
  In the tempestuous petticote,
  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye
  I see a wilde civility,--
  Doe more bewitch me than when art
  Is too precise in every part.

  Robert Herrick

  Art, Winning, Shoes

  Robert Herrick, “Delight In Disorder”

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• O thou, the drink of gods and angels! Wine

  Robert Herrick

  Wine, Angel, Drink

  Robert Herrick (1869). “Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected”, p.45

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• So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying; Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying.

  Robert Herrick

  Song, Time, Lying

  'Corinna's Going a-Maying'

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• When the tempter me pursueth
  With the sins of all my youth,
  And half damns me with untruth,
  Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

  Robert Herrick

  Sweet, Prayer, Temptation

  Robert Herrick (1887). “Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human an Divine of Robert Herrick”

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• In sober mornings do not thou rehearse
  The holy incantation of a verse

  Robert Herrick

  Morning, Poetry, Sober

  Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”, p.39

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• Let my muse
  Fail of thy former helps, and only use
  Her inadulterate strength. What's done by me
  Hereafter shall smell of the lamp, not thee.

  Robert Herrick

  Wine, Smell, Poetry

  1648 'His Fare-well to Sack'.

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• Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying.

  Robert Herrick

  Death, Time, Flower

  "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" l. 1 (1648)

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• No, not Jove
  Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love.

  Robert Herrick

  Life, Wise, And Love

  Robert Herrick, Lord Thomas Maitland Dundrennan (1823). “Hesperides (continued) His noble numbers: or, his pious pieces”, p.137

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• Our present tears here, not our present laughter
  Are but the handsells of our joys hereafter.

  Robert Herrick

  Laughter, Joy, Tears

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• T is the will that makes the action good or ill.

  Robert Herrick

  Action, Sin, Ill

  Robert Herrick (1825). “The poetical works of Robert Herrick”, p.246

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