Maxioms by Robert Herrick
When a daffadill I see,
Hanging down his head t'wards me,
Guesse I may, what I must read more
When a daffadill I see,
Hanging down his head t'wards me,
Guesse I may, what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead:
Lastly, safely buryed.
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee
Which bore my Love away
I'le seek him in your read more
For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee
Which bore my Love away
I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave,
I'le seek him in your eyes.
Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
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Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
A thousand to that hundred; so kiss on,
To make that thousand up a million;
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.