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Sun Apr 12 2026
Art quickens nature; care will make a face;Neglected beauty perisheth apace.
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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Repletion.
To Critics.
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