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
doers readiness
The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse.
sweet temptation comfort
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.
shoes ties cuffs
A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.
sea gale sail
He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale.
goes-on resolution
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.
past joy age
Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.
angel wine drink
O thou, the drink of gods and angels! Wine
fire sparks neglected
A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.
eye tears tongue
Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is mute.
humble heaven lows
Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low.
fighting crowns ends
It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.
kings sheep skins
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
doubt research ends
Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.
sweet prayer heart
In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.