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 Rh of Rosalind. The philosophy of love is alike on both sides of the Channel, and expressed in much the same terms of soft insistence. Carpe diem is, and has always been, the lover's maxim; and the irresistible eloquence of the lyric resolves itself finally into these two words of warning, whether urged by Celt or Saxon. Herrick is well aware of their supreme significance when he sings:—

Ronsard, pleading with his mistress, strikes the same relentless note:—

May-day comes alike in England and in France. Herrick and Jean Passerat, poets of