Loss From The Least

Robert Herrick

Great men by small means oft are overthrown;
He's lord of thy life, who contemns his own.

Next 10 Poems

• Robert Herrick : Love Dislikes Nothing
• Robert Herrick : Love Lightly Pleased
• Robert Herrick : Love Palpable
• Robert Herrick : Love, What It Is
• Robert Herrick : Lovers How They Come And Part
• Robert Herrick : Man's Dying-place Uncertain
• Robert Herrick : Matins, Or Morning Prayer
• Robert Herrick : Men Mind No State In Sickness
• Robert Herrick : Mirth
• Robert Herrick : Miseries

Previous 10 Poems

• Robert Herrick : Litany To The Holy Spirit
• Robert Herrick : Life Is The Body's Light
• Robert Herrick : Kissing Usury
• Robert Herrick : Julia's Petticoat
• Robert Herrick : Impossibilities: To His Friend
• Robert Herrick : I Call And I Call
• Robert Herrick : How Springs Came First
• Robert Herrick : How Pansies Or Hearts-ease Came First
• Robert Herrick : How His Soul Came Ensnared
• Robert Herrick : His Wish To Privacy