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A MEAN IN OUR MEANS

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Though frankincense the deities require,
We must not give all to the hallow'd fire.
Such be our gifts, and such be our expense,
As for ourselves to leave some frankince




Quotes of the Day

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
• George Carlin


Poems of the Day
  • Patience Worth
    How Have I Sought!
    by Patience Worth
    How have I sought, yea how have asought! And seeked me ever through the earth's hours, Amid the damp, cool morn, when winged scrape Doth sound and cry unto the day The waking o' the hosts!