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The poetical works of Robert Herrick
Edited by F. W. Moorman
Herrick, Robert (1591-1674)
HESPERIDES:
HIS NOBLE NUMBERS:
His Confession.
His Prayer for Absolution.
To finde God.
What God is.
Upon God.
Mercy and Love.
Gods Anger without Affection.
God not to be comprehended.
Gods part.
Affliction.
Three fatall Sisters.
Silence.
Mirth.
Loading and unloading.
Gods Mercy.
Prayers must have Poise.
To God: an Anthem, sung in the Chappell at White-Hall, before the King.
Upon God.
Calling, and correcting.
No escaping the scourging.
The Rod.
God has a twofold part.
God is One.
Persecutions profitable.
To God.
Whips.
Gods Providence.
Temptation.
His Ejaculation to God.
Gods gifts not soone granted.
Persecutions purifie.
Pardon.
An Ode of the Birth of our Saviour.
Lip-labour.
The Heart.
Eare-rings.
Sin seen.
Upon Time.
His Petition.
To God.
His Letanie, to the Holy Spirit.
Thanksgiving.
Cock-crow.
All things run well for the Righteous.
Paine ends in Pleasure.
To God.
A Thanksgiving to God, for his House.
To God.
Another, to God.
None truly happy here.
To his ever-loving God.
Another.
To Death.
Neutrality loathsome.
Welcome what comes.
To his angrie God.
Patience, or Comforts in Crosses
Eternitie.
To his Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a child.
The New-yeeres Gift.
To God.
God, and the King.
Gods mirth, Mans mourning.
Honours are hindrances.
The Parasceve, or Preparation.
To God.
A will to be working.
Christs part.
Riches and Poverty.
Sobriety in Search.
Almes.
To his Conscience.
To his Saviour.
To God.
His Dreame.
Gods Bounty.
To his sweet Saviour.
His Creed.
Temptations.
The Lamp.
Sorrowes.
Penitencie.
The Dirge of Jephthahs Daughter:
To God, on his sicknesse.
Sins loath'd, and yet lov'd.
Sin.
Upon God.
Faith.
Humility.
Teares.
Sin and Strife.
An Ode, or Psalme, to God.
Graces for Children.
God to be first serv'd.
Another Grace for a Child.
A Christmas Caroll, sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall.
The New-yeeres Gift, or Circumcisions Song, sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall.
Another New-yeeres Gift,
Gods Pardon.
Sin.
Evill.
The Star-Song:
To God.
To his deere God.
To God, his good will.
On Heaven.
The Summe, and the Satisfaction.
Good men afflicted most.
Good Christians
The Will the cause of Woe.
To Heaven.
The Recompence.
To God.
To God.
His wish to God.
Satan.
Hell.
The way.
Great grief, great glory.
Hell.
The Bell-man.
The goodnesse of his God.
The Widdowes teares:
To God, in time of plundering.
To his Saviour.
Doomes-Day.
The Poores Portion.
The white Island: or place of the Blest.
To Christ.
To God.
Free Welcome.
Gods Grace.
Coming to Christ.
Correction.
Gods Bounty.
Knowledge.
Salutation.
Lasciviousnesse.
Teares.
Gods Blessing.
God, and Lord.
The Judgment-Day.
Angells.
Long life.
Teares.
Manna.
Reverence.
Mercy.
Wages.
Temptation.
Gods hands.
Labour.
Mora Sponsi,
Roaring.
The Eucharist.
Sin severely punisht.
Montes Scripturarum,
Prayer.
Christs sadnesse.
God heares us.
God.
Clouds.
Comforts in contentions.
Heaven.
God.
His Power.
Christs words on the Crosse, My God, My God.
JEHOVAH.
Confusion of face.
Another.
Beggars.
Good, and bad.
Sin.
Martha, Martha.
Youth, and Age.
Gods power.
Paradise.
Observation.
The Asse.
Observation.
Tapers.
Christs Birth.
The Virgin Mary.
Another.
God.
Another of God.
Another.
Gods presence.
Gods dwelling.
The Virgin Mary.
To God.
Upon Woman and Mary.
North and South.
Sabbaths.
The Fast, or Lent.
Sin.
God.
This, and the next World.
Ease.
Beginnings and Endings.
Temporall goods.
Hell fire.
Abels Bloud.
Another.
A Position in the Hebrew Divinity.
Penitence.
Gods Presence.
The Resurrection possible, and probable.
Christs suffering.
Sinners.
Temptations.
Pittie, and punishment.
Gods price, and mans price.
Christs Action.
Predestination.
Another.
Sin.
Another.
Another.
Prescience.
Christ.
Christs Incarnation.
Heaven.
Gods keyes.
Sin.
Almes.
Hell fire.
To keep a true Lent.
No time in Eternitie.
His Meditation upon Death.
Cloaths for Continuance.
To God.
The Soule.
The Judgement day.
Sufferings.
Paine and pleasure.
Gods presence.
Another.
The poore mans part.
The right hand.
The Staffe and Rod.
God sparing in scourging.
Confession.
Gods Descent.
No coming to God without Christ.
Another, to God.
The Resurrection.
Coheires.
The number of two.
Hardning of hearts.
The Rose.
Gods time must end our trouble.
Baptisme.
Gold and Frankincense.
To God.
The chewing the Cud.
Christs twofold coming.
To God, his gift.
Gods Anger.
Gods Commands.
To God.
To God.
Good Friday: Rex Tragicus,
His words to Christ, going to the Crosse.
Another, to his Saviour.
His Saviours words, going to the Crosse.
His Anthem, to Christ on the Crosse.
[This Crosse-Tree here]
To his Saviours Sepulcher: his Devotion.
His Offering, with the rest, at the Sepulcher.
His coming to the Sepulcher.
[Of all the good things whatsoe're we do]
ADDITIONAL POEMS
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The poetical works of Robert Herrick
The chewing the Cud.
When well we speak, & nothing do that's good,
We not divide the
Hoof
, but chew the
Cud
:
But when good words, by good works, have their proof,
We then both chew the
Cud
, and cleave the
Hoof
.
The poetical works of Robert Herrick