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An Epitaph Upon A Virgin  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Here a solemn fast we keep,
While all beauty lies asleep;
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Argument Of His Book, The  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,
Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers.
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal-cakes.
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Bag Of The Bee, The  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
About the sweet bag of a bee
Two cupids fell at odds,
And whose the pretty prize should be
They vowed to ask the gods.
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Conjuration To Electra, A  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
By those soft tods of wool
With which the air is full;
By all those tinctures there,
That paint the hemisphere...
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Delight In Disorder  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness;
A lawn about the shoulders thrown...
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Poems by Robert Herrick Books

Night Piece To Julia, The  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Let not the darke thee cumber;
What though the Moon does slumber?
The Starres of the night
Will lend thee their light,
Like Tapers cleare without number.
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Rock Of Rubbies: And The Quarrie Of Pearls, The  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Some ask'd me where the Rubies grew?
And nothing did I say,
But with my finger pointed to
The lips of Julia.
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To Anthea  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
A heart as sound and free
As in the whole world thou canst find,
That heart I'll give to thee.
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To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
Has not as yet begun
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To Electra  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
I dare not ask a kiss,
I dare not beg a smile,
Lest having that, or this,
I might grow proud the while.
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