A Will To Be Working.

Although we cannot turn the fervent fit
Of sin, we must strive 'gainst the stream of it;
And howsoe'er we have the conquest miss'd,
'Tis for our glory that we did resist.

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

Single Life Most Secure.

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To The Generous Reader.

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Crosses.

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Upon Rook. Epig.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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God, who me gives a will for to repent,
Will add a power to keep me innocent;
That I shall ne'er that trespass recommit
When I have done true penance here for it.

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The Will Makes The Work; Or, Consent Makes The Cure.

No grief is grown so desperate, but the ill
Is half way cured if the party will.

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Perseverance.

Hast thou begun an act? ne'er then give o'er:
No man despairs to do what's done before.

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Temptations.

No man is tempted so but may o'ercome,
If that he has a will to masterdom.

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Rest.

On with thy work, though thou be'st hardly press'd:
Labour is held up by the hope of rest.

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Satisfaction For Suffering

For all our works a recompence is sure;
'Tis sweet to think on what was hard t'endure.

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