Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.

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Title: Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
Author: Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield ...,; 1648.
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Disswasions from Idlenesse.

CYnthius pluck ye by the eare,
That ye may good doctrine heare.
Play not with the maiden-haire;
For each Ringlet there's a share.
Cheek, and eye, and lip, and chin;
These are traps to take fooles in.
Armes, and hands, and all parts else,
Are but Toiles, or Manicles
Set on purpose to enthrall
Men, but Slothfulls most of all.
Live employ'd, and so live free
From these fetters; like to me
Who have found, and still can prove,
The lazie man the most doth love,