To his Booke (While thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd)

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To his Booke (While thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd...) by Robert Herrick

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See: Hesperides Published 1648.

(3.) To his Booke
 
While thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,
Deerely I lov'd thee; as my first-borne child:
But when I saw thee wantonly to roame
From house to house, and never stay at home;
I brake my bonds of Love, and bad thee goe,
Regardlesse whether well thou sped'st, or no.
On with thy fortunes then, what e're they be;
If good I'le smile, if bad I'le sigh for Thee.