Robert Herrick. 1591-1674
256. Cherry-Ripe
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47 words

CHERRY-RIPE, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There Where my Julia's lips do smile; There 's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.

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Robert Herrick. 1591-1674
257. A Meditation for his Mistress
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141 words
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