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Then be not coy, but use your time And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
Poet
Writer
London
England
Virginity
Marry
Prime
Use
Lost
May
Ever
Rosebuds
Time
Tarry

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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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Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score: Then to that twenty, add a hundred more.
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Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.
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Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may.
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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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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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No, not Jove Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love.
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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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Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend Him, as He is, is labour without end.
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Bid me to live, and I will liveThy Protestant to be,Or bid me love, and I will giveA loving heart to thee.
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Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdom
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Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on Back-turning slackens resolution.
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Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.
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But here's the sunset of a tedious day, These two asleep are I'll but be undrest, And so to bed. Pray wish us all good rest.
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Each must in virtue strive for to excel That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
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So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying.
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Things are evermore sincere / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.
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Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
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