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The person lives twice who lives the first life well

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
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London
England
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Twice
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Humble we must be, if to heaven we go High is the roof there, but the gate is low.
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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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Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
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Go to your banquet then, but use delight So as to rise still with an appetite.
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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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