Roses at first were white, Till thy cod not agree, Whether my Saphos breast, Or they more white shod be.
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Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry Full and fair ones come and buy If so be, you ask me where They do grow I answer there, Where my Julia's lips do smile There's the land, or cherry-isle.Robert Herrick
He knows not love that hath not this truth proved,
Love is most loth to leave the thing beloved.
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To his book's end this last line he'd have placed:--
Jocund his Muse was, but his Life was chaste.
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'Twixt kings and tyrants theres this difference known Kings seek their subjects good tyrants their own.
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Her pretty feet Like snails did creep A little out, and then, As if they started at bo-peep, Did soon draw in again.
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You first of all crown'd her; she must, of due,
Render for that, a crown of life to you.
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