ROBERT HERRICK, "Corinna's Going a Maying"
Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say,
Birds choose their mates and couple too this day:
But by their flight I never can divine
When I shall couple with my valentine.
ROBERT HERRICK, "To His Valentine on St. Valentine's Day"
Tears are the noble language of eye;
And when true love of words is destitute,
The eyes by tears speak, while the tongue is mute.
ROBERT HERRICK, "Tears are Tongues", Hesperides, Or Works Both Human and Divine
'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known:
Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their own.
ROBERT HERRICK, Kings and Tyrants
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is half, or altogether, innocent.
ROBERT HERRICK, Hesperides
The Hag is astride,
This night for to ride;
The Devil and she together:
Through thick and through thin,
Now out, and then in,
Though ne'r so foul be the weather.
ROBERT HERRICK, "The Hag"
In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part
Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.
ROBERT HERRICK, Hesperides
