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Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.
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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Learn this of me, where'er thy lot doth fall, Short lot, or not, to be content with all.
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Things are evermore sincere / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.
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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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A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
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In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.
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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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Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.
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