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The poetical works of Robert Herrick
Edited by F. W. Moorman
Herrick, Robert (1591-1674)
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The poetical works of Robert Herrick
Lip-labour.
In the old Scripture I have often read,
The calfe without meale n'ere was offered;
To figure to us, nothing more then this,
Without the heart, lip-labour nothing is.
The poetical works of Robert Herrick