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To The King, Upon His Coming With His Army Into The West.

By Robert Herrick

Topics: classic

Welcome, most welcome to our vows and us,     Most great and universal genius!     The drooping West, which hitherto has stood     As one in long-lamented widowhood,     Looks like a bride now, or a bed of flowers     Newly refresh'd both by the sun and showers.     War, which before was horrid, now appears     Lovely in you, brave prince of cavaliers!     A deal of courage in each bosom springs     By your access, O you the best of kings!     Ride on with all white omens; so that where     Your standard's up, we fix a conquest there.

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Robert Herrick

About Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was an English Cavalier poet whose "Hesperides" (1648) contains over 1,200 poems. His carpe diem verse "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" ("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may") and lyric poems celebrate love, beauty, and the passing of time.

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