Quotes from book
Hesperides
Hesperides is a book of poetry published in 1648 by English Cavalier poet Robert Herrick. This collection of 1200 of his lyrical poems, his magnum opus was published under his direction, establishing his reputation. It is replete with carpe diem sentiments. The title refers to the Hesperides, nymphs of the evening in Greek mythology. Hesperides includes "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", which features the famous lines:
“Art quickens nature; care will make a face; Neglected beauty perisheth apace.”
"Neglect".
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“I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.”
"The Amber Bead" (published c. 1648). Compare: "Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb", Francis Bacon, Historia Vitæ et Mortis; Sylva Sylvarum, Cent. i. Exper. 100.
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“Then while time serves, and we are but decaying.
Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying.”
"Corinna's Going a Maying" http://books.google.com/books?id=2epaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Then+while+time+serves+and+we+are+but+decaying+come+my+Corinna+come+let's+goe+a+maying%22&pg=PA123#v=onepage.
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“You say to me-wards your affection's strong;
Pray love me little, so you love me long.”
"Love Me Little, Love Me Long". Compare: "Love me little, love me long", Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta, Act iv; "Me love you long time", 2 Live Crew, "Me So Horny" (sampled from the Stanley Kubrick film, Full Metal Jacket).
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“Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold;
New things succeed, as former things grow old.”
"Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve".
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“What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve:
The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.”
"A Kiss".
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Poem "To Dianeme" http://www.bartleby.com/106/88.html
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“Night makes no difference 'twixt the Priest and Clerk;
Joan as my Lady is as good i' the dark.”
"No Difference i' th' Dark".
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“Get up, sweet Slug-a-bed, and see
The dew bespangling herb and tree.”
"Corinna's Going A-Maying".
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“Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.”
"Sorrows Succeed". Compare: "One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow", William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 7.
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“Tis sin,
Nay, profanation to keep in.”
"Corinna's Going A-Maying".
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