Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me: And hast command of every part To live and… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
I dare not ask a kiss; I dare not beg a smile; Lest having that or this, I might grow proud the… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Let my muse Fail of thy former helps, and only use Her inadulterate strength. What's done by me Hereafter shall smell of… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Bid me to live, and I will liveThy Protestant to be,Or bid me love, and I will giveA loving heart to thee. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Her eyes the glowworm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Whatever comes, let's be content withal; Among God's blessings there is not one small. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head;… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
“Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed?… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Show me thy feet, show me thy legs, thy thighs Show me those fleshy principalities; Show me that hill where smiling love doth sit,… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
