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or the warm soft side
Of the resigning yet resisting bride.
The kiss of virgins first-fruits of the bed;
Soft speech, smooth touch, the lips, the maidenhead;
These and a thousand s...
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Robert Herrick (1591-1674), British poet. His Farewell to Sack (l. 5-10). . .
Norton Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II. M. H. Abram...
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'''Tis not Apollo can, or those thrice three
Castalian sisters sing, if wanting thee.
Horace, Anacreon both had lost their fame.
Had'st thou not filled them with thy fire and flame.''
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Robert Herrick (1591-1674), British poet. His Farewell to Sack (l. 29-32). . .
Norton Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II. M. H. Abra...
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Emma Shaw (12/8/2010 2:14:00 PM)
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I have just won a one euro bet that the name of this poem was to daffodils and not to the daffodils. It's a great poem, and nicer in my view than the much more famous wordsworth poem.
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Cado Bell (10/12/2006 10:52:00 AM)
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Saw this poem on a crammed tube train in London about 30 years ago.
had nowhere to look except at the angled adverts above. (alliteration unintended)
-and it just stuck.
Don't remember even learning it off.
and now thanks to this wonderful website I found it again.
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