UPON FLOOD OR A
THANKFUL
MAN.
Robert Herrick
UPON SPUR.
Spur jingles now, and swears by no mean oaths,
He's double honour'd, since he's got gay clothes:
Most like his suit, and all commend the trim;
And thus they praise the sumpter, but not him:
As to the goddess, people did confer
Worship, and not to th' ass that carried her.
1108. UPON RUMP.
Rump is a turn-broach, yet he seldom can
Steal a swoln sop out of a dripping-pan.
1109. UPON SHOPTER.
Old Widow Shopter, whensoe'er she cries,
Lets drip a certain gravy from her eyes.
1110. UPON DEB.
If felt and heard, unseen, thou dost me please;
If seen, thou lik'st me, Deb, in none of these.
1112. UPON CROOT.
One silver spoon shines in the house of Croot;
Who cannot buy or steal a second to't.
1114.
UPON FLOOD OR A THANKFUL MAN.
Flood, if he has for him and his a bit,
He says his fore and after grace for it:
If meat he wants, then grace he says to see
His hungry belly borne on legs jail-free.
Thus have, or have not, all alike is good
To this our poor yet ever patient Flood.
1115. UPON PIMP.
When Pimp's feet sweat, as they do often use,
There springs a soap-like lather in his shoes.
1116. UPON LUSK.
In Den'shire Kersey Lusk, when he was dead,
Would shrouded be and therewith buried.
When his assigns asked him the reason why,
He said, because he got his wealth thereby.
1117. FOOLISHNESS.
In's Tusc'lans, Tully doth confess,
No plague there's like to foolishness.
1118. UPON RUSH.
Rush saves his shoes in wet and snowy weather;
And fears in summer to wear out the leather;
This is strong thrift that wary Rush doth use
Summer and winter still to save his shoes.
Spur jingles now, and swears by no mean oaths,
He's double honour'd, since he's got gay clothes:
Most like his suit, and all commend the trim;
And thus they praise the sumpter, but not him:
As to the goddess, people did confer
Worship, and not to th' ass that carried her.
1108. UPON RUMP.
Rump is a turn-broach, yet he seldom can
Steal a swoln sop out of a dripping-pan.
1109. UPON SHOPTER.
Old Widow Shopter, whensoe'er she cries,
Lets drip a certain gravy from her eyes.
1110. UPON DEB.
If felt and heard, unseen, thou dost me please;
If seen, thou lik'st me, Deb, in none of these.
1112. UPON CROOT.
One silver spoon shines in the house of Croot;
Who cannot buy or steal a second to't.
1114.
UPON FLOOD OR A THANKFUL MAN.
Flood, if he has for him and his a bit,
He says his fore and after grace for it:
If meat he wants, then grace he says to see
His hungry belly borne on legs jail-free.
Thus have, or have not, all alike is good
To this our poor yet ever patient Flood.
1115. UPON PIMP.
When Pimp's feet sweat, as they do often use,
There springs a soap-like lather in his shoes.
1116. UPON LUSK.
In Den'shire Kersey Lusk, when he was dead,
Would shrouded be and therewith buried.
When his assigns asked him the reason why,
He said, because he got his wealth thereby.
1117. FOOLISHNESS.
In's Tusc'lans, Tully doth confess,
No plague there's like to foolishness.
1118. UPON RUSH.
Rush saves his shoes in wet and snowy weather;
And fears in summer to wear out the leather;
This is strong thrift that wary Rush doth use
Summer and winter still to save his shoes.
