Sauce For Sorrows.

Although our suffering meet with no relief,
An equal mind is the best sauce for grief.

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

His Petition.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

Upon The Death Of His Sparrow. An Elegy.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

Upon M. William Lawes, The Rare Musician.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

To M. Henry Lawes, The Excellent Composer Of His Lyrics.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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Sorrows.

Sorrows our portion are: ere hence we go,
Crosses we must have; or, hereafter woe.

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Sorrows Succeed.

When one is past, another care we have:
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Robert Herrick

Satisfaction For Suffering

For all our works a recompence is sure;
'Tis sweet to think on what was hard t'endure.

Robert Herrick

Sufferance.

In the hope of ease to come,
Let's endure one martyrdom.

Robert Herrick

Grief.

Sorrows divided amongst many, less
Discruciate a man in deep distress.

Robert Herrick

Sufferings.

We merit all we suffer, and by far
More stripes than God lays on the sufferer.

Robert Herrick