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His Wish To God by Robert Herrick
I would to God, that mine old age might have
Before my last, but here a living grave;
Some one poo..
HIS SAILING FROM JULIA by Robert Herrick
When that day comes, whose evening says I’m gone
Unto that watery desolation;
Devoutly to thy Clos..
HIS DESIRE by Robert Herrick
Give me a man that is not dull,
When all the world with rifts is full;
But unamazed dares clearly..
HIS LAST REQUEST TO JULIA by Robert Herrick
I have been wanton, and too bold, I fear,
To chafe o’er-much the virgin’s cheek or ear;--
Beg for..
HOW HIS SOUL CAME ENSNARED by Robert Herrick
My soul would one day go and seek
For roses, and in Julia’s cheek
A richess of those sweets she fo..
HER BED by Robert Herrick
See’st thou that cloud as silver clear,
Plump, soft, and swelling every where?
’Tis Julia’s bed, a..
HOW SPRINGS CAME FIRST by Robert Herrick
These springs were maidens once that loved,
But lost to that they most approved:
My story tells, b..
HIS REQUEST TO JULIA by Robert Herrick
Julia, if I chance to die
Ere I print my poetry,
I most humbly thee desire
To commit it to the fi..
HIS GRANGE, OR PRIVATE WEALTH by Robert Herrick
Though clock,
To tell how night draws hence, I’ve none,
A cock
I have to sing how day draws on:
..
HIS AGE:DEDICATED TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND,MR JOHN WICKES, UNDER THE NAME OFPOSTUMUS by Robert Herrick
Ah, Posthumus! our years hence fly
And leave no sound: nor piety,
Or prayers, or vow
Can keep the..
HIS COVENANT OR PROTESTATION TO JULIA by Robert Herrick
Why dost thou wound and break my heart,
As if we should for ever part?
Hast thou not heard an oath..
HIS WINDING-SHEET by Robert Herrick
Come thou, who art the wine and wit
Of all I’ve writ;
The grace, the glory, and the best
Piece of..
Had I The Power That Have The Will by Robert Louis Stevenson
HAD I the power that have the will,
The enfeebled will - a modern curse -
This book of mine should..
Hail! Childish Slave Of Social Rules by Robert Louis Stevenson
HAIL! Childish slaves of social rules
You had yourselves a hand in making!
How I could shake your..
Hail, Guest, And Enter Freely! by Robert Louis Stevenson
HAIL, guest, and enter freely! All you see
Is, for your momentary visit, yours; and we
Who welcome..
Happy Thought by Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings...
Henry James by Robert Louis Stevenson
Who comes to-night? We open the doors in vain.
Who comes? My bursting walls, can you contain
The p..
Historical Associations by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dear Uncle Jim. this garden ground
That now you smoke your pipe around,
has seen immortal action..
Home, My Little Children, Hear Are Songs For You by Robert Louis Stevenson
COME, my little children, here are songs for you;
Some are short and some are long, and all, all ar..
Homecoming by Robert Lowell
What was is . . . since 1930;
the boys in my old gang
are senior partners. They start up
bald lik..
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