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

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
Poet
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London
England
Give
Best
Giving
Dwell
Never
Room
Rooms
Pleasure
Known
House

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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.
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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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You say to me-wards your affection's strong Pray love me little, so you love me long.
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