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.
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London :: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield ...,
1648.
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"Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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The Poet loves a Mistresse, but not to marry.
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I Do not love to wed,Though I do like to wooe;And for a maidenheadIle beg, and buy it too.
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Ile praise, and Ile approveThose maids that never vary;And fervently Ile love;But yet I would not marry.
3.
Ile hug, Ile kisse, Ile play,And Cock-like Hens Ile tread:And sport it any way;But in the Bridall Bed:
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For why? that man is poore,Who hath but one of many;But crown'd he is with store,That single may have any.
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Why then, say, what is he(To freedome so unknown)Who having two or three,Will be content with one?
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