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
men firsts virtue
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
men thinking giving
God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy end to it.
fall men rose
Before man's fall the rose was born,St. Ambrose says, without the thorn;But for man's fault then was the thornWithout the fragrant rose-bud born; But ne'er the rose without the thorn.
being-happy pursuit-of-happiness men
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
men discontent stills
Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.
pain men littles
If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains.
men glory
Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.
men valiant
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.
excel life lives man strive twice virtue
Each must in virtue strive for to excel ; That man lives twice that lives the first life well
according fortunes labor pains
If little labor, little are our gains; man's fortunes are according to his pains
bid eyes
Bid me to weep, and I will weep, / While I have eyes to see.
bridal sing
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: / Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers. / I sing of maypoles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, / Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.
art careless precise tie wave whose wild winning
A winning wave (deserving note) / In the tempestuous petticoat: / A careless shoe-string, in whose tie / I see a wild civility: / Do more bewitch me than when art / Is too precise in every part.
love pray
You say to me - wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long