45 ordspråk av Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick
 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying. And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. |
| Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun. |
| He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke |
| Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, / The shooting-stars attend thee; / And the elves also,/ Whose little eyes glow, / Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. |
| Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; / Cold as paddocks though they be, / Here I lift them up to Thee, / For a benison to fall / On our meat, and on us all. Amen. |
| I dare not ask a kiss; / I dare not beg a smile; / Lest having that, or this, / I might grow proud the while. |
| I dare not ask a kiss; / I dare not beg a smile; / Lest having that, or this, / I might grow proud the while. |
| I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: / Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers. / I sing of maypoles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, / Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. |
| I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die |
| If little labor, little are our gains; man's fortunes are according to his pains |
| In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep |
| In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is |
| It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. |
| It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. |
| Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings |
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