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Sin once reached up to God's eternal sphere,And was committed, not remitted there.
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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To His Honoured Friend, M. John Weare, Councillor.
Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry
Upon Prig.
Sin.
Sin never slew a soul unless there wentAlong with it some tempting blandishment.
Sin no existence; nature none it hath,Or good at all, as learned Aquinas saith.
Sin leads the way, but as it goes, it feelsThe following plague still treading on his heels.
Sin Seen.
When once the sin has fully acted been,Then is the horror of the trespass seen.
Sinners.
Sinners confounded are a twofold way,Either as when, the learned schoolmen say,Men's sins destroyed are when they repent,Or when, for sins, men suffer punishment.
There's no constraint to do amiss,Whereas but one enforcement is.