The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Cheerfulness in Charity; or, the Sweet Sacrifice

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard
Hesperides
Cheerfulness in Charity; or, the Sweet Sacrifice
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Cheerfulness in Charity; or, the Sweet Sacrifice
1898Robert Herrick

63. CHEERFULNESS IN CHARITY; OR, THE SWEET SACRIFICE.

'Tis not a thousand bullocks' thighs
Can please those heav'nly deities,
If the vower don't express
In his offering cheerfulness.