Upon Sneape. Epig.

Sneape has a face so brittle, that it breaks
Forth into blushes whensoe'er he speaks.

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.

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To Silvia.

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Tapers.

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Upon Parrat.

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To God.

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Upon Adam Peapes. Epig.

Peapes he does strut, and pick his teeth, as if
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Upon Sibb. Epig.

Sibb, when she saw her face how hard it was,
For anger spat on thee, her looking-glass:
But weep not, crystal; for the same was meant
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Upon Peason. Epig.

Long locks of late our zealot Peason wears,
Not for to hide his high and mighty ears;
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Upon Lucy. Epig.

Sound teeth has Lucy, pure as pearl, and small,
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Upon Skoles. Epig.

Skoles stinks so deadly, that his breeches loath
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