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Those possessions short-liv'd are,Into the which we come by war.
Robert Herrick
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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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Passion.
The Admonition.
To His Book (4)
His Loss
All has been plunder'd from me but my wit:Fortune herself can lay no claim to it.
Sorrows.
Sorrows our portion are: ere hence we go,Crosses we must have; or, hereafter woe.
The Plunder.
I am of all bereft,Save but some few beans left,Whereof, at last, to makeFor me and mine a cake,Which eaten, they and IWill say our grace, and die.
War.
If kings and kingdoms once distracted be,The sword of war must try the sovereignty
On Himself.
Some parts may perish, die thou canst not all:The most of thee shall 'scape the funeral.
If that my fate has now fulfill'd my year,And so soon stopt my longer living here;What was't, ye gods, a dying man to save,But while he met with his paternal grave!Though while we living 'bout the world do roam,We love to rest in peaceful urns at home,Where we may snug, and close together lieBy the dead bones of our dear ancestry.