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THE VOICE AND VIOL

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Rare is the voice itself: but when we sing
To th' lute or viol, then 'tis ravishing.




Quotes of the Day

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero


Poems of the Day
  • Patience Worth
    Learning To Laugh
    by Patience Worth
    Since I have learned to laugh At the pack day hath lain upon me, And to wink and jest and whistle a whit, I find my wisdom is not so drear-browed. Aye, the aged dame is most beguiling.