Temptations.

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

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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Temptations hurt not, though they have access:
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Temptation.

Those saints which God loves best,
The devil tempts not least.

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Temptation.

God tempteth no one, as St. Austin saith,
For any ill, but for the proof of faith;
Unto temptation God exposeth some,
But none of purpose to be overcome.

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To Temptation

Here's to temptation!
Give us strength and grace
Against her witching smile,
To set our face!

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The Will The Cause Of Woe.

When man is punish'd, he is plagued still,
Not for the fault of nature, but of will.

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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.

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