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"You Can''t Win" is a stark and unflinching autobiography offering a rare glimpse into the life of a career criminal in the early 20th century United States. Written by Jack Black, this compelling narrative recounts his experiences navigating the outlaw life, providing firsthand insight into the social issues that shaped his path. More than just a personal story, "You Can''t Win" delves into the realities of prison life and the challenges faced by those caught within the criminal justice system. Black''s account resonates with authenticity, offering a valuable historical perspective on criminology and the factors contributing to a life of crime. A raw and honest portrayal, this autobiography remains a powerful and enduring testament to the struggles of individuals on the fringes of society. This meticulously prepared print edition ensures the preservation of this important historical document. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Robert Herrick was the great survivor among cavalier poets, and lines and phrases from his work have now passed into the common language. In this book, David Jesson-Dibley collects the best of Herrick''s work, revealing the remarkably high quality of his oeuvre.

ROBERT HERRICK: SELECTED POEMS ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674) was one of the Cavalier poets (other Cavalier poets included Suckling, Carew and Lovelace). He was born in London and lived much of his life in the rough remoteness of a parish in Devonshire. He studied at Cambridge (St John''s College and Trinity Hall). His law studies were dropped in 1623, and he was ordained as a deacon and priest in 1624. Herrick''s major work, Hesperides or The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq., was published in 1648. There are some 1130 poems in the first, secular part, Hesperides, and 272 in Noble Numbers, the religious pieces. Herrick''s poetry (his Hesperides) followed the plan outlined the poem ''The Argument of His Book'', with its lyrical evocation of the natural world. Herrick was particularly well situated, geographically, to write nature poetry. Like Coleridge, Wordsworth and Bront , Herrick lived in the midst of the countryside, in the relative isolation of Dean Prior, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. There are many poems in Robert Herrick''s work of love - about love desired, lost and mourned. Herrick is very definitely a ''Muse poet'', to use Robert Graves''s term. There are many poems about various mistresses, ''my dearest Beauties'' he calls them in ''To My Lovely Mistresses'' (Anthea, Perilla, Electra, Blanch, Judith, Silvia, and the most beloved of all, Julia). There are many poems to certain ''muses'' or ''maidens''. The sheer number (and quality) of Herrick''s poems to Julia attests to his deep passion for the friendship and strength of women: ''To Julia'', ''To Roses in Julia''s Bosom'', ''To Julia, Her Dawn, or Daybreak'', ''The Parliament of Roses to Julia'', ''Upon Julia''s Recovery'', ''On Julia''s Fall'', ''His Sailing From Julia'', ''Her Legs'', ''Her Bed'', ''On Julia''s Picture'', ''The Bracelet to Julia'', ''To Julia in the Temple'' and so on. Apart from poems addressed ''To His Book'', there are more poems in Robert Herrick''s output ''To Julia'' than to anything else. Julia is ''the prime of Paradise'' (''To Julia, in Her Dawn, or Day-breake''). She is utterly adored, often erotically. There are poems which eulogize her breasts and nipples, for instance: ''Display thy breasts.../ Between whose glories, there my lips I''ll lay, / Ravisht'', he writes (in ''Upon Julia''s Breasts''); other paeans to Julia''s breasts include ''Upon the Roses in Julia''s Bosom'', and ''Upon the Nipples of Julia''s Breast''. Herrick makes the age-old connections between the fertility of nature outside (the rain, the lush vegetation, the rivers of the Paradisal Earth) and the bounty of women inside (Julia''s breasts form a valley of abundance, as in William Shakespeare''s ''Venus and Adonis'', in which the poet would like to languish). Women in Herrick''s poetry are seen as the givers of pleasure (expressed as sex), nurturance (breast milk), and all things worthy in the world (love). ''All Pleasures meet in Woman-kind'', he writes in ''On Himself''. They are just as important in his poetry as God, the King or Christianity.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.