Herrick Quotes & Sayings

But here's the sunset of a tedious day,
These two asleep are; I'll but be undrest,
And so to bed. Pray wish us all good rest. — Robert Herrick

Life everywhere is in vast and endless variety. So it is with life eternal, that gift of God, constituting, in its length and breadth and height and depth, the reward of the righteous. The penitent, dying thief is not going into heaven like the triumphant, dying Paul. — Herrick Johnson

Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. — Robert Herrick

And I'm thinking as our bodies meet that I'll remember this forever, and i just hope it's for all the right reasons. — Steven Herrick

Here is Christianity. Whence came it? It is a force in the world, a prodigious force. It has revolutionized society. It has lifted man out of himself. It has changed the face of the world. There it lies, imbedded in more than eighteen centuries of human history; and history of no mean sort, the best record of the race. — Herrick Johnson

What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. — Robert Herrick

The most destructive criticism has not been able to dethrone Christ as the incarnation of perfect holiness. The waves of a tossing and restless sea of unbelief break at His feet, and He stands still the supreme model, the inspiration of great souls, the rest of the weary, the fragrance of all Christendom, the one divine flower in the garden of God. — Herrick Johnson

No pains. No gains — Robert Herrick

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers; Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. - ROBERT HERRICK — Nora Roberts

Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead. — Robert Herrick

If little labour, little are our gains:
Man's fortunes are according to his pains. — Robert Herrick

Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government. — Robert Herrick

Art quickens nature; care will make a face; Neglected beauty perisheth apace. — Robert Herrick

Christ was either the grandest, guiltiest of impostors, by a marvelous and most subtle refinement of wickedness, or He was God manifest in the flesh. — Herrick Johnson

Bid me to live, and I will live
Thy Protestant to be:
Or bid me love, and I will give
A loving heart to thee,
A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
A heart as sound and free
As in the whole world thou canst find,
That heart I'll give to thee. — Robert Herrick

Christ has lifted woman to a new place in the world. And just in proportion as Christianity has sway, will she rise to a higher dignity in human life. What she has now, and what she shall have, of privilege and true honor, she owes to that gospel which took those qualities peculiarly and which had been counted weak and unworthy, and gave them a Divine glory in Christ. — Herrick Johnson

Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word. — Robert Herrick

Here we are all, by day; by night, we're hurled
By dreams, each one, into a several world. — Robert Herrick

When one is past, another care we have; Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave. — Robert Herrick

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick

T is the will that makes the action good or ill. — Robert Herrick

Wandering from room to room discovering another side to the moon. — Steven Herrick

My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them. — Steven Herrick

Roses at first were white, Till thy co'd not agree, Whether my Sapho's breast, Or they more white sho'd be. — Robert Herrick

Before man's fall the rose was born,St. Ambrose says, without the thorn;But for man's fault then was the thornWithout the fragrant rose-bud born; But ne'er the rose without the thorn. — Robert Herrick

And I feel like a real Dad when I read to her at night. She won't sleep without one story, at least. — Steven Herrick

People say the beach is the great equaliser
Who are they kidding?
Sit at Bondi and watch the boys flex
And the girls walk bolt upright
It looks like a nightmare episode of Baywatch.
The true equaliser is the mountain cold
And stacks of cold flung together
Maybe then we'd listen to what each other is saying
Instead of checking out the best bods.
And as I wrap another layer
Around my Size 10
I think of Jack's favourite saying:
"today's tan is tomorrow's cancer"
I walk outside
And whistle at the wind. — Steven Herrick

He looks a hell of a lot like me, only a fair bit older. — Steven Herrick

I'm not sure if my dream is a dream, or a nightmare. — Steven Herrick

Take away health, wealth, and material success and all you have is each other. Maybe that's the place we should start. — Charles Herrick

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg. — Robert Herrick

In sober mornings do not thou rehearse
The holy incantation of a verse — Robert Herrick

I'm alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows. — Steven Herrick

He walks through the house of his past, hoping he'll find the right door, hoping he'll find the key. — Steven Herrick

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun. — Robert Herrick

Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
The very eyes of me:
And hast command of every part
To live and die for thee. — Robert Herrick

TO MUSIC, TO BECALM HIS FEVER"


CHARM me asleep and melt me so
With thy delicious numbers,
That, being ravished, hence I go
Away in easy slumbers.
Ease my sick head
And make my bed,
Thou power that canst sever
From me this ill ;
And quickly still,
Though thou not kill
My fever.

Thou sweetly canst convert the same
From a consuming fire
Into a gentle-licking flame,
And make it thus expire.
Then make me weep
My pains asleep ;
And give me such reposes
That I, poor I,
May think thereby
I live and die
'Mongst roses.

Fall on me like a silent dew,
Or like those maiden showers
Which, by the peep of day, do strew
A baptim o'er the flowers.
Melt, melt my pains
With thy soft strains ;
That, having ease me given,
With full delight
I leave this light,
And take my flight
For heaven. — Robert Herrick

Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend
Him, as He is, is labour without end. — Robert Herrick

When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead: Lastly, safely buryed. — Robert Herrick

I tell him everything as we walk. Maybe so he won't be disappointed being born into a place like this. — Steven Herrick

Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known
Verture and pleasure both to dwell in one. — Robert Herrick

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit, Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it. — Robert Herrick

He looks again towards the door, expecting Mum to walk in and remind him of something he's forgotten. He smiles awkwardly.
'Is that it, Dad? I've got to go.'
'Your Mum said I should mention ... um ... satisfaction.'
'What!'
'She said young men should know things, should be told things so that the girl won't be ... ' his eyes plead for understanding, ' ... disappointed.'
[ ... ] 'No worries, Dad. My biology teacher said I was a natural.'
Dad looks confused.
'I'm kidding, Dad.'
[ ... ] Poor bloke, having to do the dirty work while Mum's off with her gang.
'Dad? What did Grandpa tell you about sex?'
'He said if I got a girl pregnant, he'd kill me. — Steven Herrick

Love is a circle that doth restless move
In the same sweet eternity of love. — Robert Herrick

Drink wine, and live here blitheful while ye may;
The morrow's life too late is; live to-day. — Robert Herrick

It is not simply a theological treatise, a code of laws, a religious homily, but the Bible - the book - while the only book for the soul, the best book for the mind — Herrick Johnson

No, not Jove
Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love. — Robert Herrick

Our great adventure ran out of petrol and stopped on this farm. — Steven Herrick

I've learned difference between a friend and an acquaintance. Acquaintances provide a warm body in the room. They provide entertainment. They can keep you from feeling lonely. And acquaintances don't involve sacrifice. If they don't fit your schedule, it's no big loss. You can know someone for decades, get together with them on countless occasions, and never become their friend. Friendship means cutting away a small piece of your heart and allowing another person to fill that gap. Friendship is anchored in love. When we put love into action, it communicates value. — John Herrick

Two Arts degrees does not a life make. — Steven Herrick

That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer. — Robert Herrick

In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is — Robert Herrick

She didn't have an answer for that. People like her only ever have questions. — Steven Herrick

After the war I was going to make up for lost time. But the time I spent away, it's still lost. No matter what I do, it stays lost. — Steven Herrick

If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was a thing superfluous. — Herrick Johnson

He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke. — Robert Herrick

Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her. — Robert Herrick

Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand
That soils my land,
And giv'st me for my bushel sowne
Twice ten for one.
All this, and better, Thou dost send
Me, to this end,
That I should render, for my part,
A thankful heart. — Robert Herrick

Tumble me down, and I will sit
Upon my ruines (smiling yet
Teare me to tatters; yet I'le be
Patient in my necessitie.
Laugh at my scraps of cloathes, and shun
Me, as a fear'd infection:
Yet scarre-crow-like I'le walk as one,
Neglecting thy derision. — Robert Herrick

Boonie wondered with sadness, Why don't I have any real memories like that of this elder statesman who happens to live in our house from time to time? This handsome, formal man whose blood runs mysteriously in my own veins? He was always more like a king than a father. — Suzanne Stroh

The person lives twice who lives the first life well. — Robert Herrick

I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I figure some from parents, some from school, and some from a place inside you. — Steven Herrick

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam. — Robert Herrick

The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play. — Robert Herrick

Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may ... — Robert Herrick

I've tried praying. It gives me comfort. But not as much as a cup of tea and a ginger nut biscuit. — Steven Herrick

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. — Robert Herrick

Our life is short, and our days run, As fast away as does the sun — Robert Herrick

Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment. — Robert Herrick

Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. — Robert Herrick

I'm drinking away the exam results that don't take me anywhere. — Steven Herrick

I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd said the right thing, for once in my life. — Steven Herrick

Cowards don't always hide. Sometimes, they're so gutless they need to stand out. — Steven Herrick

To fundamentally solve a problem, we must understand it's cause. In that I mean the chain of actions or circumstances that led to the problem
rather than only the immediate cause, which serves only to place blame. — Charlie Herrick

In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. — Robert Herrick

I'm thinking about babies. Emma's baby. Jack and my baby. Growing in my mind, if not in my womb. — Steven Herrick

Let wealth come in by comely thrift,
And not by any sordid shift;
'T is haste
Makes waste;
Extremes have still their fault.
Who gripes too hard the dry and slipp'ry sand,
Holds none at all, or little, in his hand. — Robert Herrick

Herrick's cold rage was an enforceable warrant. — Suzanne Stroh

Take Christ out of the gospel, and you take its very heart out. He has not only originated a system, but He has put Himself into it, as its very life and soul and power. — Herrick Johnson

Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her. — Robert Herrick

I rush to her side and touch her cold skin, hoping against hope for a pulse. — Steven Herrick

O, let us understand that the power of Christianity lies not in a hazy indefiniteness, not in shadowy forms, not so much even in definite truths and doctrines, but in the truth and the doctrine. There is but one Christ crucified. All the gathered might of the infinite God is in that word. — Herrick Johnson

None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware. — Robert Herrick

Other men have said, "If I could only live, I would establish and perpetuate an empire." This Christ of Galilee says, "My death shall do it." Other martyrs have died in simple fidelity to truth. This martyr dies that He may make His truth mighty over all hearts. He was a man; but was He only a man? — Herrick Johnson

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go. — Steven Herrick

Look, therefore, which way we will, whether at the direct Scriptural statements of death as the penalty of sin, or at the agony of the cross as a means of rescue, or at the joy of the angels of God over a rescue; we see from either that it must be a work of infinite and eternal consequence
the work of redemption. — Herrick Johnson

Whatever comes, let's be content withal; Among God's blessings there is not one small. — Robert Herrick

Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least. — Robert Herrick

It is the end that crowns us, not the fight. — Robert Herrick

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low. — Robert Herrick

You say to me-wards your affection's strong;
Pray love me little, so you love me long. — Robert Herrick

Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent. — Robert Herrick

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die — Robert Herrick

But ne'er the rose without the thorn. — Robert Herrick

The wonderful 17th Century poet, Robert Herrick, wrote a poem entitled, 'To Live Merrily and to Trust to Good Verses.' Easy to say, Robert Herrick; not always easy to do. But it's a good slogan, I think. — Robert Pinsky

Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is mute. — Robert Herrick

Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures. — Steven Herrick

It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night. — Steven Herrick

She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say. — Steven Herrick

Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say,
Birds chuse their mates and couple too this day:
But by their flight I never can devine
When I shall couple with my valentine. — Robert Herrick