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A Fever by John Donne
Oh do not die, for I shall hate
All women so, when thou art gone,
That thee I shall not celebrate,..
A Hymn To Christ At The Author's Last Going Into Germany by John Donne
In what torn ship soever I embark,
That ship shall be my emblem of thy Ark;
What sea soever swallo..
A Lame Beggar by John Donne
I am unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies...
A HYMN TO BACCHUS by Robert Herrick
Bacchus, let me drink no more!
Wild are seas that want a shore!
When our drinking has no stint,
T..
Another by Robert Herrick
HERE a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies:
Pray be silent and not stir
Th’ easy earth..
A HYMN TO VENUS AND CUPID by Robert Herrick
Sea-born goddess, let me be
By thy son thus graced, and thee,
That whene’er I woo, I find
Virgins..
A PANEGYRIC TO SIR LEWIS PEMBERTON by Robert Herrick
Till I shall come again, let this suffice,
I send my salt, my sacrifice
To thee, thy lady, youngli..
A Ring Presented to Julia by Robert Herrick
Julia, I bring
To thee this Ring.
Made for thy finger fit;
To shew by this,
That our love is..
AN ODE OF THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR by Robert Herrick
In numbers, and but these few,
I sing thy birth, oh JESU!
Thou pretty Baby, born here,
With sup’r..
An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death by Robert Herrick
Not all thy flushing suns are set,
Herrick, as yet ;
Nor doth this far-drawn hemisphere
Frown and..
A VOW TO VENUS by Robert Herrick
Happily I had a sight
Of my dearest dear last night;
Make her this day smile on me,
And I’ll rose..
A BUCOLIC BETWIXT TWO;LACON AND THYRSIS by Robert Herrick
LACON. For a kiss or two, confess,
What doth cause this pensiveness,
Thou most lovely neat-herdess..
A HYMN TO THE GRACES by Robert Herrick
When I love, as some have told
Love I shall, when I am old,
O ye Graces! make me fit
For the welc..
A MEAN IN OUR MEANS by Robert Herrick
Though frankincense the deities require,
We must not give all to the hallow’d fire.
Such be our gi..
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..
ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by Robert Herrick
When I behold a forest spread
With silken trees upon thy head;
And when I see that other dress
Of..
A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick
Thrice, and above, blest, my soul’s half, art thou,
In thy both last and better vow;
Could’st leav..
AN EPITAPH UPON A CHILD by Robert Herrick
Virgins promised when I died,
That they would each primrose-tide
Duly, morn and evening, come,
An..
ANTHEA'S RETRACTATION by Robert Herrick
Anthea laugh’d, and, fearing lest excess
Might stretch the cords of civil comeliness
She with a da..
A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZAWHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS by Robert Herrick
My dearest Love, since thou wilt go,
And leave me here behind thee;
For love or pity, let me know
..
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