Wantons we are, and though our words be such Our lives do d… - Robert Herrick

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Wantons we are, and though our words be such
Our lives do differ from our lines by much.

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick (baptized August 24 1591 - October 1674) was a 17th century English poet. Born in Cheapside, London, he was the seventh child and fourth son of Nicholas Herrick, a prosperous goldsmith, who committed suicide when Robert was a year old.

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Before man's fall the rose was born, St. Ambrose says, without the thorn; But for man's fault then was the thorn Without the fragrant rose-bud born; But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Get up, sweet Slug-a-bed, and see
The dew bespangling herb and tree.

Wantons we are, and though our words be such Our lives do differ from our lines by much. - Robert Herrick

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