Herrick, Robert (1591–1674)

Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, with the first line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may”. Wikipedia

Poetry

• Miscellaneous Poetry
  • Another Epitaph
  • Bid Me to Live, and I Will Live
  • Cherry-Ripe
  • Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love
  • Thou Art to All Lost Love the Best
  • To Daisies, Not to Shut So Soon
  • To Music, to Becalm His Fever
  • Upon a Child That Died
  • Upon Julia’s Clothes

Complete Alphabetical Listing

• Another Epitaph
• Bid Me to Live, and I Will Live
• Cherry-Ripe
• Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love
• Thou Art to All Lost Love the Best
• To Daisies, Not to Shut So Soon
• To Music, to Becalm His Fever
• Upon a Child That Died
• Upon Julia’s Clothes