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| 2451. | UPON THE DETRACTER by Robert Herrick | | I ask'd thee oft what poets thou hast read,
And lik'st the best? Still thou repli'st, The dead.
--I shall, ere long, with green turfs cover'd be;
T... |
| 2452. | A PASTORAL SUNG TO THE KING by Robert Herrick | | MONTANO, SILVIO, AND MIRTILLO, SHEPHERDS
MON. Bad are the times. SIL. And worse than they are we.
MON. Troth, bad are both; worse fruit, and ill t... |
| 2453. | TO HIS PATERNAL COUNTRY by Robert Herrick | | O earth! earth! earth! hear thou my voice, and be
Loving and gentle for to cover me!
Banish'd from thee I live;--ne'er to return,
Unless thou giv's... |
| 2454. | TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND, MR JOHN WICKS by Robert Herrick | | Since shed or cottage I have none,
I sing the more, that thou hast one;
To whose glad threshold, and free door
I may a Poet come, though poor;
And... |
| 2455. | TO PHILLIS, TO LOVE AND LIVE WITH HIM by Robert Herrick | | Live, live with me, and thou shalt see
The pleasures I'll prepare for thee:
What sweets the country can afford
Shall bless thy bed, and bless thy b... |
| 2456. | PRAY AND PROSPER by Robert Herrick | | First offer incense; then, thy field and meads
Shall smile and smell the better by thy beads.
The spangling dew dredged o'er the grass shall be
Tur... |
| 2458. | THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER by Robert Herrick | | Holy-Rood, come forth and shield
Us i' th' city and the field;
Safely guard us, now and aye,
From the blast that burns by day;
And those sounds th... |
| 2459. | The Night Piece, to Julia by Robert Herrick | | Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,
The shooting stars attend thee;
And the elves also,
Whose little eyes glow
Like the sparks of fire, befriend the... |
| 2460. | THE FAIRY TEMPLE; OR, OBERON'S CHAPEL by Robert Herrick | | THE FAIRY TEMPLE; OR, OBERON'S CHAPEL
DEDICATED TO MR JOHN MERRIFIELD,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW
RARE TEMPLES THOU HAST SEEN, I KNOW,
AND RICH FOR IN ... |
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