Robert Herrick Quotes about Love
'To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything'
When words we want, love teacheth to indite; And what we blush to speak, she bids us write.
Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”
'To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything'
I do love I know not what; Sometimes this, and sometimes that.
Robert Herrick (1810). “Select poems from the Hesperides, with occasional remarks by J.N.”, p.156
You say to me-wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long.
Robert Herrick, Samuel Weber Singer (1856). “Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.97