English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Coming of Good Luck. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).

Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик))

The Coming of Good Luck

So Good-Luck came, and on my roof did light,
Like noiseless snow, or as the dew of night;
Not all at once, but gently,—as the trees
Are by the sun-beams, tickled by degrees.

Robert Herrick’s other poems:

1. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
2. The Definition of Beauty
3. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland
4. A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
5. The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls

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