Fear.

Man must do well out of a good intent;
Not for the servile fear of punishment.

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

To Julia.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

How Marigolds Came Yellow.

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To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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Fear Gets Force.

Despair takes heart, when there's no hope to speed:
The coward then takes arms and does the deed.

Robert Herrick

Purpose

No wrath of men, or rage of seas,
Can shake a just man's purposes;
No threats of tyrants, or the grim
Visage of them can alter him;
But what he doth at first intend,
That he holds firmly to the end.

Robert Herrick

Hope Heartens.

None goes to warfare but with this intent -
The gains must dead the fears of detriment.

Robert Herrick

Evil.

Evil no nature hath; the loss of good
Is that which gives to sin a livelihood.

Robert Herrick

No Danger To Men Desperate.

When fear admits no hope of safety, then
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.

Robert Herrick

Good Precepts Or Counsel.

In all thy need be thou possess'd
Still with a well-prepared breast;
Nor let the shackles make thee sad;
Thou canst but have what others had.
And this for comfort thou must know
Times that are ill won't still be so.
Clouds will not ever pour down rain;
A sullen day will clear again.
First peals of thunder we must hear,
Then lutes and harps shall stroke the ear.

Robert Herrick