"In the hour of my distress, When temptations……" — Robert Herrick
"In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me."
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Robert Herrick
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78 Quotes by Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick has 78 quotes on this site.
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What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: the sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
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But ne'er the rose without the thorn.
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Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers…
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Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
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Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift…
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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips…
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Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence.
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I do love I know not what; Sometimes this, and sometimes that.
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My soul I'll pour into thee.
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Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
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More Comfort Quotes
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
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When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for…
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
— Jane Austen
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
— Francis Bacon
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day…
— Joseph Addison
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I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and…
— Adele
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Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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