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 waiting honor
Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her.
sweet spring night
Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels for your gown or hair Fear not; the leaves will strew Gems in abundance upon you Besides, the childhood of the day has kept, Against you come, some orient pearls unwept. Come, and receive them while the light Hangs on the dew-locks of the night And Titan on the eastern hill Retires himself, or else stands still Till you come forth! Wash, dress, be brief in praying Few beads are best when once we go a-Maying.
green springtime celebration
Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the springtime, fresh and green
spring eating pleasure
Feed him ye must, whose food fills you. And that this pleasure is like raine, Not sent ye for to drowne your paine, But for to make it spring againe.
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.
bid eyes
Bid me to weep, and I will weep, / While I have eyes to see.
fair fall fruitful
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, / Why do ye fall so fast?
attained fair haste sun weep
Fair daffodils, we weep to see / You haste away so soon: / As yet the early-rising sun / Has not attained his noon.
fain kiss white
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, / Which is as white and hairless as an egg.
bring maids wait welcome
Welcome maids of honour, / You do bring / In the Spring; / And wait upon her.
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
men firsts virtue
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
ask beg dare desire grow kiss kissed kisses-and-kissing lately lest might proud shall share utmost
I dare not ask a kiss; I dare not beg a smile; Lest having that or this, I might grow proud the while. No, no, the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to kiss that air, That lately kissed thee.