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

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
Poet
Writer
London
England
Jove
Wise
Time
Love
Life

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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.
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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.
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Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score: Then to that twenty, add a hundred more.
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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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Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
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Tears are the noble language of the eye.
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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware.
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In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is
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I dare not ask a kiss I dare not beg a smile Lest having that or this, I might grow proud the while. No, no, the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to kiss that air, That lately kissed thee.
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Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
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