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This lady's short, that mistress she is tall;But long or short, I'm well content with all.
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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Be My Mistress Short Or Tall
Be my mistress short or tallAnd distorted therewithallBe she likewise one of thoseThat an acre hath of noseBe her teeth ill hung or setAnd her grinders black as jetBe her cheeks so shallow tooAs to show her tongue wag throughHath she thin hair, hath she noneShe's to me a paragon.
Long And Lazy.
That was the proverb. Let my mistress beLazy to others, but be long to me.
No Loathsomeness In Love.
What I fancy I approve,No dislike there is in love.Be my mistress short or tall,And distorted therewithal:Be she likewise one of thoseThat an acre hath of nose:Be her forehead and her eyesFull of incongruities:Be her cheeks so shallow tooAs to show her tongue wag through;Be her lips ill hung or set,And her grinders black as jet:Has she thin hair, hath she none,She's to me a paragon.
Lots To Be Liked.
Learn this of me, where'er thy lot doth fall,Short lot or not, to be content with all.
Love Dislikes Nothing
Whatsoever thing I see,Rich or poor although it be,'Tis a mistress unto me.Be my girl or fair or brown,Does she smile, or does she frown;Still I write a sweet-heart down.Be she rough, or smooth of skin;When I touch, I then beginFor to let affection in.Be she bald, or does she wearLocks incurl'd of other hair;I shall find enchantment there.Be she whole, or be she rent,So my fancy be content,She's to me most excellent.Be she fat, or be she lean;Be she sluttish, be she clean;I'm a man for every scene.