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| 2431. | UPON A MAID by Robert Herrick | | Here she lies, in bed of spice,
Fair as Eve in paradise;
For her beauty, it was such,
Poets could not praise too much.
Virgins come, and in a ring... |
| 2432. | AN ODE TO SIR CLIPSBY CREW by Robert Herrick | | Here we securely live, and eat
The cream of meat;
And keep eternal fires,
By which we sit, and do divine,
As wine
And rage inspires.
If full, ... |
| 2434. | THE CHEAT OF CUPID; OR, THE UNGENTLE GUEST by Robert Herrick | | One silent night of late,
When every creature rested,
Came one unto my gate,
And knocking, me molested.
Who's that, said I, beats there,
And tr... |
| 2435. | UPON JULIA'S RECOVERY by Robert Herrick | | Droop, droop no more, or hang the head,
Ye roses almost withered;
Now strength, and newer purple get,
Each here declining violet.
O primroses! let... |
| 2437. | HOW SPRINGS CAME FIRST by Robert Herrick | | These springs were maidens once that loved,
But lost to that they most approved:
My story tells, by Love they were
Turn'd to these springs which we... |
| 2439. | UPON CUPID by Robert Herrick | | Love, like a gipsy, lately came,
And did me much importune
To see my hand, that by the same
He might foretell my fortune.
He saw my palm; and th... |
| 2440. | ON A PERFUMED LADY by Robert Herrick | | You say you're sweet: how should we know
Whether that you be sweet or no?
--From powders and perfumes keep free;
Then we shall smell how sweet you ... |
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