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TO BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile, To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night?

Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human an Divine of Robert Herrick - Page 137
by Robert Herrick - 1885 - 319 pages
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The Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and Garden

Laura Stoddart - Gardening - 2001 - 100 pages

...shame all the men and women that have attempted to dress since the world began. HM BeecherllBI 3-1887) Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Robert Herrick (1591-1674) from Hes/)erides In fine weather the old gentleman is almost constantly...

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