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Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

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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When the artless doctor sees No one hope, but of his fees, And his skill runs on the lees Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When his potion and his pill, Has, or none, or little skill, Meet for nothing, but to kill Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
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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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When one is past, another care we have Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
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Well I sup and well I dine, When I drink my frolic wine.
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No, not Jove Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love.
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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.
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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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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold New things succeed, as former things grow old.
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Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free, O how that glittering taketh me!
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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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Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
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Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on Back-turning slackens resolution.
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Go to your banquet then, but use delight So as to rise still with an appetite.
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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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Art quickens nature care will make a face Neglected beauty perisheth apace.
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Like will to like, each creature loves his kind.
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Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.
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A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine, As my small cruse best fits my little wine.
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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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