When I love, as some have told
Love I shall, when I am old,
O ye Graces!
(A Hymn To The Graces)
More Quotes from Robert Herrick:
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.Robert Herrick
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.
Robert Herrick
If a little labor, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains.
Robert Herrick
A winning wave (deserving note) In the tempestuous petticoat A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part.
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A master of a house, as I have read, must be the first man up and the last in bed
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I'll leave thee, and to Pansies come:
Comforts you'll afford me some:
You can ease my heart, and do
What Love could ne'er be brought unto.
Robert Herrick
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