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A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness.


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Love is a circle that doth restless move
In the same sweet eternity of love.


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In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.

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Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Which starlike sparkle in their skies;
Nor be you proud that you can see
All hearts your captives, yours yet free


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Get up, sweet Slug-a-bed, and see
The dew bespangling herb and tree.


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So smooth, so sweet, so silvery is thy voice,
As, could they hear, the damned would make no noise,
But listen to thee (walking in thy chamber)
Melting melodious words, to lutes of amber.


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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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In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

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When the tempter me pursueth
With the sins of all my youth,
And half damns me with untruth,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!


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When his potion and his pill His, or none, or little skill Meet for nothing, but to kill; Sweet Spirit comfort me!!

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Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick
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Born: August 24, 1591
Died: October 15, 1674 (aged 83)
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