Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TEMPORALL GOODS, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These temp'rall goods god (the most wise) commends Last Line: Being, oft here, the just mans portion. | ||||||||
These temp'rall goods God (the most Wise) commends To th' good and bad, in common, for two ends First, that these goods none here may o're esteem, Because the wicked do partake of them: Next, that these ills none cowardly may shun; Being, oft here, the just mans portion. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK |
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