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17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric
- Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems.
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Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) [1] was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican 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".
Robert Herrick, baptized on August 24, 1591, was the seventh child and fourth son of a London goldsmith, Nicholas Herrick, and Julian (or Juliana or Julia) Stone Herrick. He was little more than 14 months old when his father apparently committed suicide by “falling” from an upper story window of his house in Cheapside on November 9, 1592.
Sep 27, 2024 · Robert Herrick (baptized August 24, 1591, London, England—died October 1674, Dean Prior, Devonshire) was an English cleric and poet, the most original of the “sons of Ben [Jonson],” who revived the spirit of the ancient classic lyric.
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Feb 20, 2017 · Algernon Charles Swinburne called Robert Herrick (1591-1674) the ‘greatest songwriter ever born of English race’. In this post, we’ve chosen ten of Robert Herrick’s best poems, most of which are beautifully short lyrics about a number of themes, from religion to love to untidy clothes.
Born in August 1591, Robert Herrick was the author of Hesperides; or, the Works Both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
Nov 18, 2021 · Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was an English poet and cleric. While not particularly famous during his lifetime, he wrote over 2,500 poems, about half of which appear in his major work, Hesperides.
May 14, 2018 · Robert Herrick >The English poet and Anglican parson Robert Herrick (1591-1674) invented a >fanciful world compounded of pagan Rome and Christian England, of reality >and fantasy, which he ruled as his poetic domain.
