Robert Herrick
Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her.Collection: Baby
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.Collection: Goes On
Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.Collection: Sincere
Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may.Collection: May
What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.Collection: Sea
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.Collection: Men
Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.Collection: Wine
When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead: Lastly, safely buryed.Collection: Flower
Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.Collection: Innocent
It is an active flame that fliesFirst to the babies in the eyes.Collection: Baby
My soul I'll pour into thee.Collection: Sexy
Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.Collection: Hurt
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying.Collection: Death
O thou, the drink of gods and angels! WineCollection: Wine
Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least.Collection: Love Is
But ne'er the rose without the thorn.Collection: Giving Up
Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her.Collection: Spring
Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.Collection: Men
And as this round (ring) is nowhere found to flaw, or else to sever. So let our love as endless prove and pure as gold forever.Collection: Wedding
Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.Collection: Wise
God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy end to it.Collection: Men
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdomCollection: Money
I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would dieCollection: Writing
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.Collection: Sweet
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up to Thee, for a benison to fall on our meat, and on us all. Amen.Collection: Children
Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit, Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.Collection: Comfort
For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee Which bore my Love away I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave, I'le seek him in your eyes.Collection: Eye
Roses at first were white, Till thy co'd not agree, Whether my Sapho's breast, Or they more white sho'd be.Collection: White
Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.Collection: Happiness
In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition isCollection: Ambition
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.Collection: Kissing