God To Be First Served.

Honour thy parents; but good manners call
Thee to adore thy God the first of all.

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

Few Fortunate.

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To God.

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Upon Kings.

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To Cherry-Blossoms.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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The Primitiæ To Parents.

Our household-gods our parents be;
And manners good require that we
The first fruits give to them, who gave
Us hands to get what here we have.

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God's Commands.

In God's commands ne'er ask the reason why;
Let thy obedience be the best reply.

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Alms.

Give unto all, lest he, whom thou deni'st,
May chance to be no other man but Christ.

Robert Herrick

Obedience In Subjects.

The gods to kings the judgment give to sway:
The subjects only glory to obey.

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To God.

Pardon me, God, once more I Thee entreat,
That I have placed Thee in so mean a seat
Where round about Thou seest but all things vain,
Uncircumcis'd, unseason'd and profane.
But as Heaven's public and immortal eye
Looks on the filth, but is not soil'd thereby,
So Thou, my God, may'st on this impure look,
But take no tincture from my sinful book:
Let but one beam of glory on it shine,
And that will make me and my work divine.

Robert Herrick

God And The King.

How am I bound to Two! God, who doth give
The mind; the king, the means whereby I live.

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