No Danger To Men Desperate.

When fear admits no hope of safety, then
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

Robert Herrick

To Dianeme. A Ceremony In Gloucester.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

Sabbaths.

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To Live Merrily, And To Trust To Good Verses

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

Death Ends All Woe.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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Despair takes heart, when there's no hope to speed:
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Fear.

Man must do well out of a good intent;
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The Men Who Sleep With Danger

The men who camp with Danger
Are mostly quiet men:
And one may use a rifle,
And one may use a pen,
And one may strap a camera
In deserts to his bike;
But men who sleep with Danger
Are pretty much alike.
To men in places pleasant
Or in the barren West
Theres Danger ever present,
A half unheeded guest.
But, thoughtful for the stranger,
The timid or the weak,
The men who camp with Danger
Keep watch but do not speak.
The men who go with Danger
Are mostly dreamy-eyed
Upon the swooping focsle.
Or by the camp-fire side,
And when they sit in darkness,
To show us where they are:
The glowing of a pipe-bowl
And often a cigar
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True Safety.

'Tis not the walls or purple that defends
A prince from foes, but 'tis his fort of friends.

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Adversity.

Love is maintain'd by wealth; when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent.

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Dangers Wait On Kings.

As oft as night is banish'd by the morn,
So oft we'll think we see a king new born.

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