Robert Herrick Poems

Chorus.

What sweeter music can we bring,
Than a Carol, for to sing
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You are a Tulip seen to-day,
But, Dearest, of so short a stay,
That where you grew, scarce man can say.

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1 Among thy fancies, tell me this,
What is the thing we call a kiss?
2 I shall resolve ye what it is:--

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Bid me to live, and I will live
Thy Protestant to be;
Or bid me love, and I will give
A loving heart to thee.
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Julia, I bring
To thee this Ring.
Made for thy finger fit;
To shew by this,
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While the milder fates consent,
Let's enjoy our merriment :
Drink, and dance, and pipe, and play ;
Kiss our dollies night and day :
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No news of navies burnt at seas;
No noise of late spawn'd tittyries;
No closet plot or open vent,
That frights men with a Parliament:
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Lord, thou hast given me a cell,
Wherein to dwell;
A little house, whose humble roof
Is weather proof;
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My dearest Love, since thou wilt go,
And leave me here behind thee;
For love or pity, let me know
The place where I may find thee.
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By those soft tods of wool,
With which the air is full;
By all those tinctures there
That paint the hemisphere;
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