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| 2391. | THE WHITE ISLAND:OR PLACE OF THE BLEST by Robert Herrick | | In this world, the Isle of Dreams,
While we sit by sorrow's streams,
Tears and terrors are our themes,
Reciting:
But when once from hence we fly... |
| 2392. | NO PAINS, NO GAINS by Robert Herrick | | If little labour, little are our gains;
Man's fortunes are according to his pains. ... |
| 2393. | UPON HER FEET by Robert Herrick | | Her pretty feet
Like snails did creep
A little out, and then,
As if they played at Bo-peep,
Did soon draw in again. ... |
| 2395. | Litany to the Holy Spirit by Robert Herrick | | IN the hour of my distress,
When temptations me oppress,
And when I my sins confess,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
When I lie within my bed, ... |
| 2396. | ORPHEUS by Robert Herrick | | Orpheus he went, as poets tell,
To fetch Eurydice from hell;
And had her, but it was upon
This short, but strict condition;
Backward he should not... |
| 2397. | CEREMONY UPON CANDLEMAS EVE by Robert Herrick | | Down with the rosemary, and so
Down with the bays and misletoe;
Down with the holly, ivy, all
Wherewith ye dress'd the Christmas hall;
That so the... |
| 2398. | TO THE HANDSOME MISTRESS GRACE POTTER by Robert Herrick | | As is your name, so is your comely face
Touch'd every where with such diffused grace,
As that in all that admirable round,
There is not one least s... |
| 2399. | UPON LOVE by Robert Herrick | | A crystal vial Cupid brought,
Which had a juice in it:
Of which who drank, he said, no thought
Of Love he should admit.
I, greedy of the prize, ... |
| 2400. | FOUR THINGS MAKE US HAPPY HERE by Robert Herrick | | Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then:
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t' enjoy our days. ... |
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