LIFE IS THE BODY’S LIGHT (Robert Herrick Poems)
Life is the body's light; which, once declining, Those crimson clouds i' th' cheeks and lips leave shining:- Those counter-changed ...
Life is the body's light; which, once declining, Those crimson clouds i' th' cheeks and lips leave shining:- Those counter-changed ...
Stay while ye will, or go, And leave no scent behind ye: Yet trust me, I shall know The place ...
Welcome, maids of honour, You do bring In the Spring; And wait upon her. She has virgins many, Fresh and ...
Come, come away Or let me go; Must I here stay Because you're slow, And will continue so; --Troth, lady, ...
Let us, though late, at last, my Silvia, wed; And loving lie in one devoted bed. Thy watch may stand, ...
A wearied pilgrim I have wander'd here, Twice five-and-twenty, bate me but one year; Long I have lasted in this ...
As Julia once a-slumb'ring lay, It chanced a bee did fly that way, After a dew, or dew-like shower, To ...
Though frankincense the deities require, We must not give all to the hallow'd fire. Such be our gifts, and such ...
The May-pole is up, Now give me the cup; I'll drink to the garlands around it; But first unto those ...
Give me a man that is not dull, When all the world with rifts is full; But unamazed dares clearly ...
I have been wanton, and too bold, I fear, To chafe o'er-much the virgin's cheek or ear;-- Beg for my ...
My soul would one day go and seek For roses, and in Julia's cheek A richess of those sweets she ...
When with the virgin morning thou dost rise, Crossing thyself come thus to sacrifice; First wash thy heart in innocence; ...
Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew: And nothing I did say, But with my finger pointed to The lips ...
Whatsoever thing I see, Rich or poor although it be, --'Tis a mistress unto me. Be my girl or fair ...
When I love, as some have told Love I shall, when I am old, O ye Graces! make me fit ...
At draw-gloves we'll play, And prithee let's lay A wager, and let it be this : Who first to the ...
Life of my life, take not so soon thy flight, But stay the time till we have bade good-night. Thou ...
When that day comes, whose evening says I'm gone Unto that watery desolation; Devoutly to thy Closet-gods then pray, That ...
One asked me where the roses grew: I bade him not go seek, But forwith bade my Julia show A ...
Fled are the frosts, and now the fields appear Reclothed in fresh and verdant diaper; Thaw'd are the snows; and ...
Knew'st thou one month would take thy life away, Thou'dst weep; but laugh, should it not last a day. (Robert ...
Immortal clothing I put on So soon as, Julia, I am gone To mine eternal mansion. Thou, thou art here, ...
LACON. For a kiss or two, confess, What doth cause this pensiveness, Thou most lovely neat-herdess? Why so lonely on ...
Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure Thy many scorns, and find no cure? Say, are thy medicines made to be ...
Happily I had a sight Of my dearest dear last night; Make her this day smile on me, And I'll ...
You may vow I'll not forget To pay the debt Which to thy memory stands as due As faith can ...
I would to God, that mine old age might have Before my last, but here a living grave; Some one ...
What needs complaints, When she a place Has with the race Of saints? In endless mirth, She thinks not on ...
Dull to myself, and almost dead to these, My many fresh and fragrant mistresses; Lost to all music now, since ...
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