Upon Trigg. Epig.

Trigg having turn'd his suit, he struts in state,
And tells the world he's now regenerate.

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.

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No Spouse But A Sister.

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The Beggar.

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Truggin a footman was; but now, grown lame,
Truggin now lives but to belie his name.

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Upon Trap.

Trap of a player turn'd a priest now is:
Behold a sudden metamorphosis.
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And from a priest turn player once again.

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Upon Skrew. Epig.

Skrew lives by shifts; yet swears by no small oaths
For all his shifts he cannot shift his clothes.

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Upon Crab. Epig.

Crab faces gowns with sundry furs; 'tis known
He keeps the fox fur for to face his own.

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Upon Prigg.

Prigg, when he comes to houses, oft doth use,
Rather than fail, to steal from thence old shoes:
Sound or unsound be they, or rent or whole,
Prigg bears away the body and the sole.

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The Transfiguration

Immortal clothing I put on
So soon as, Julia, I am gone
To mine eternal mansion.

Thou, thou art here, to human sight
Clothed all with incorrupted light;
But yet how more admir'dly bright

Wilt thou appear, when thou art set
In thy refulgent thronelet,
That shin'st thus in thy counterfeit!

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