The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/His Recantation

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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard

Hesperides
To the High and Noble Prince George, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Buckingham

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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2654284The Hesperides & Noble Numbers — Hesperides
To the High and Noble Prince George, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Buckingham1898Alfred Pollard

246. HIS RECANTATION.

Love, I recant,
And pardon crave
That lately I offended;
But 'twas,
Alas!
To make a brave,
But no disdain intended.

No more I'll vaunt,
For now I see
Thou only hast the power
To find
And bind
A heart that's free,
And slave it in an hour.