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Robert Herrick Quotes: Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up to Thee, for a benison to fall on our meat, and on us all. Amen.
         

Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up to Thee, for a benison to fall on our meat, and on us all. Amen.


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What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.



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Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.



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