All Robert Herrick Quotes
- What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: the sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. Approve
- But ne'er the rose without the thorn. Giving
- Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her. Asleep
- Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. Content
- 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… All
- Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings. Advice
- Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Asked
- Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence. Abstinence
- I do love I know not what; Sometimes this, and sometimes that. Inspirational
- My soul I'll pour into thee. Inspirational
- Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine. Frolic
- Who covets more is evermore a slave. Covets
- In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart. Act
- Love is a circle that doth restless move in the same sweet eternity of love. Circle
- The person lives twice who lives the first life well First Life
- Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. Conquer
- Happy is the bride that the sun shines on. Bride
- Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting. Candor
- Tears are the noble language of the eye. Eye
- He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke. Bonds