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Temptations hurt not, though they have access:Satan o'ercomes none, but by willingness.
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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On Love.
Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry
Anger.
Sin.
To Electra.
Temptations.
No man is tempted so but may o'ercome,If that he has a will to masterdom.
Temptation.
Those saints which God loves best,The devil tempts not least.
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.
Satan.
When we 'gainst Satan stoutly fight, the moreHe tears and tugs us than he did before;Neglecting once to cast a frown on thoseWhom ease makes his without the help of blows.
To Temptation
Here's to temptation!Give us strength and graceAgainst her witching smile,To set our face!
Oliver Herford
Affliction.
God ne'er afflicts us more than our desert,Though He may seem to overact His part:Sometimes He strikes us more than flesh can bear;But yet still less than grace can suffer here.