Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrickwas 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"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 August 1591
spring blood age
That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.
spring flower july
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, or June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of the bridal cakes.
punishment littles endure
Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
greed slave evermore
Who covets more is evermore a slave.
lips rubies jewelry
Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia.
sincere candor evermore
Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.
kissing white eggs
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.
laughter joy tears
Our present tears here, not our present laughter Are but the handsells of our joys hereafter.
mean writing giving
I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die
contentment slave evermore
Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.
spring waiting honor
Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her.
doers readiness
The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse.
tables eating merriment
Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.
pits comfort hell
Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit, Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.