Robert Herrick Quotes
Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand
That soils my land,
And giv'st me for my bushel sowne
Twice ten for one.
All this, and better, Thou dost send
Me, to this end,
That I should render, for my part,
A thankful heart.
Citations
Herrick, Robert. "A Thanksgiving to God, for his House." His Noble Numbers: Or, His Pious Pieces, Wherein (amongst other things) He Sings the Birth of His Christ: and Sighes for His Saviours Suffering on the Crosse, John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1647.
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Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".