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In sober mornings do not thou rehearse The holy incantation of a verse

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
Poet
Writer
London
England
Holy
Rehearse
Morning
Mornings
Verse
Verses
Sober
Thou
Poet
Poetry
Incantation

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Go to your banquet then, but use delight So as to rise still with an appetite.
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Tears are the noble language of the eye.
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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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You say to me-wards your affection's strong Pray love me little, so you love me long.
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Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.
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He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale.
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Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
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Well I sup and well I dine, When I drink my frolic wine.
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Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say, Birds chuse their mates and couple too this day: But by their flight I never can devine When I shall couple with my valentine.
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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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If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains.
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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 winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote, A careless shoe-string, in whose tye I see a wilde civility,-- Doe more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part.
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Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
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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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In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is
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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
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The person lives twice who lives the first life well
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Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.
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In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.
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