Robert Herrick Quotes

Inspirational quotes by Robert Herrick

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Times is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying.

What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.

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Town Eclogues: Tuesday; St. James's Coffee-House
by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

SILLIANDER and PATCH.
THOU so many favours hast receiv'd,
Wondrous to tell, and hard to be believ'd,
Oh ! H---- D, to my lays attention lend,
Hear how two lovers boastingly contend ;
Like thee successful, such their bloomy youth,
Renown'd alike for gallantry and truth.

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