Upon Wrinkles
Wrinkles no more are, or no less,
Than beauty turn'd to sourness.
poem by Robert Herrick
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Poverty And Riches
Who with a little cannot be content,
Endures an everlasting punishment.
poem by Robert Herrick
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Truth and Falsehood
Truth by her own simplicity is known,
Falsehood by varnish and vermilion.
poem by Robert Herrick
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Love, What It Is
Love is a circle, that doth restless move
In the same sweet eternity of Love.
poem by Robert Herrick
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Ambition
In man, ambition is the common'st thing;
Each one by nature loves to be a king.
poem by Robert Herrick
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Things Mortal Still Mutable
Things are uncertain; and the more we get,
The more on icy pavements we are set.
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Want
Want is a softer wax, that takes thereon,
This, that, and every base impression,
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The Definition Of Beauty
Beauty no other thing is, than a beam
Flash'd out between the middle and extreme.
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Burial
Man may want land to live in; but for all
Nature finds out some place for burial.
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Mirth
True mirth resides not in the smiling skin;
The sweetest solace is to act no sin.
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