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Robert Herrick

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When a daffodil I see,
Hanging down his head t’wards me,
Guess I may what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buryed.

Robert Herrick

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But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

Robert Herrick

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Get up, sweet Slug-a-bed, and see
The dew bespangling herb and tree.

Robert Herrick

“

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.

Robert Herrick

“

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let’s kiss afresh, as when we first begun.

Robert Herrick

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Her pretty feet, like snails, did creep
A little out, and then,
As if they played at bo-peep,
Did soon draw in again.

Robert Herrick

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’Tis sin,
Nay, profanation to keep in.

Robert Herrick

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