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> [A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote, A careless shoe-string, in whose tye I see a wilde civility,-- Doe more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/a-winning-wave-deserving-note-in-the-tempestuous-petticote-a-careless/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

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> [A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/a-careless-shoe-string-in-whose-tie-i-see-a-wilde-civility/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

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> [A SWEET disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness : A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/a-sweet-disorder-in-the-dress-kindles-in-clothes-a-wantonness-a-lawn-2/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

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## Other authors on Careless

## More by Robert Herrick

> [Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/love-is-maintain-d-by-wealth-when-all-is-spent-adversity-then-breeds/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/it-takes-great-wit-and-interest-and-energy-to-be-happy-the-pursuit-of/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Whatever comes, let's be content withal; Among God's blessings there is not one small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/whatever-comes-let-s-be-content-withal-among-god-s-blessings-there-is/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/when-a-daffadill-i-see-hanging-down-his-head-towards-me-guess-i-may/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/in-ways-to-greatness-think-on-this-that-slippery-all-ambition-is/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [“Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/have-ye-beheld-with-much-delight-a-red-rose-peeping-through-a-white/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Necessity makes dastards valiant men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/necessity-makes-dastards-valiant-men/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Buying, possessing, accumulating--this is not worldliness. But doing this in the love of it, with no love of God paramount--doing it so that thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/buying-possessing-accumulating-this-is-not-worldliness-but-doing-this/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/tears-are-the-noble-language-of-eyes-and-when-true-love-of-words-is/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/bid-me-to-live-and-i-will-live-thy-protestant-to-be-or-bid-me-love/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/that-age-is-best-which-is-the-first-when-youth-and-blood-are-warmer/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Show me thy feet, show me thy legs, thy thighs Show me those fleshy principalities; Show me that hill where smiling love doth sit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/show-me-thy-feet-show-me-thy-legs-thy-thighs-show-me-those-fleshy/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/hast-thou-attempted-greatnesse-then-go-on-back-turning-slackens/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/attempt-the-end-and-never-stand-to-doubt-nothing-s-so-hard-but-search/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

> [The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/the-readiness-of-doing-doth-expresse-no-other-but-the-doer-s/)

[Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/)

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