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A quotation from Robert Herrick

’Twixt kings and tyrants there’s this difference known:
Kings seek their subjects’ good; tyrants their own.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet
“Kings and Tyrants,” Hesperides, # 861 (1648)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/herrick-robert/78445…

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Riddle-Poem:

Episcopal and Cavalier,
The Sons of Ben sing loud and clear,
Advising youth: make much of time.
We share their use of form and rhyme
But lean toward Presbyterianism.
Rejecting war and civil schism,
We bring about their due defeat
By Metaphysical Conceit.

Who are we, and who are they?

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Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve (1 February)
by Robert Herrick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8yGHGlKOg&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Good morning. I’ve got a new archival-quality #collage print in my shop, if you’re into things like that. (These do ship internationally from the printer, unlike most of the things in my shop currently, and can be ordered framed.)

https://bloofbooks.com/books/hi-water/#FineArtPrints

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