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Were there not a matter known,There would be no passion.
Robert Herrick
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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.
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Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry
To His Book.
Upon Julia's Riband.
Upon Himself.
Passion.
As a weed beneath the ocean,As a pool beneath a treeAnswers with each breath or motionAn imperious mastery;So my spirit swift with passionFinds in every look a sign,Catching in some wondrous fashionEvery mood that governs thine.In a moment it will borrow,Flashing in a gusty train,Laughter and desire and sorrowAnger and delight and pain.
Archibald Lampman
Another. (On Love.)
Where love begins, there dead thy first desire:A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.
Presence And Absence.
When what is lov'd is present, love doth spring;But being absent, love lies languishing.
To Jealousy.
O jealousy, that artThe canker of the heart;And mak'st all hellWhere thou do'st dwell;For pity beNo fury, or no firebrand to me.Far from me I'll removeAll thoughts of irksome love:And turn to snow,Or crystal grow,To keep still free,O! soul-tormenting jealousy, from thee.
Moderation.
Let moderation on thy passions wait;Who loves too much, too much the lov'd will hate.
Possessions.
Those possessions short-liv'd are,Into the which we come by war.