Comforts In Contentions.

The same who crowns the conqueror, will be
A coadjutor in the agony.

Robert Herrick

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

English

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Comforts In Crosses.

Be not dismayed though crosses cast thee down;
Thy fall is but the rising to a crown.

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Some Comfort In Calamity.

To conquered men, some comfort 'tis to fall
By the hand of him who is the general.

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Comfort In Calamity.

'Tis no discomfort in the world to fall,
When the great crack not crushes one, but all.

Robert Herrick

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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On Himself.

I fear no earthly powers,
But care for crowns of flowers;
And love to have my beard
With wine and oil besmear'd.
This day I'll drown all sorrow:
Who knows to live to-morrow?

Robert Herrick

Sufferance.

In the hope of ease to come,
Let's endure one martyrdom.

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