Seventeenth-century English poet Robert Herrick made his own unique mark in the genre of lyric poetry by returning to the themes and styles of long-past eras. This wide-ranging collection encompasses his finest work, including the poem "e;To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, "e; which includes the famous first line, "e;Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."e;
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- CHRYSOMELA
- Contents
- Preface
- PREFATORY
- 1 - The Argument of His Book
- 2 - To His Muse
- 3 - When He Would Have His Verses Read
- 4 - To His Book
- 5 - To His Book
- 6 - To His Book
- 7 - To Mistress Katharine Bradshaw, the Lovely, that Crowned Him with Laurel
- 8 - To His Verses
- 9 - Not Every Day Fit for Verse
- 10 - His Prayer to Ben Jonson
- 11 - His Request to Julia
- 12 - To His Book
- 13 - His Poetry His Pillar
- 14 - To His Book
- 15 - Upon Himself
- IDYLLICA
- 16 - The Country Life
- 17 - To Phillis, to Love and Live with Him
- 18 - The Wassail
- 19 - The Fairies
- 20 - Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve
- 21 - Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
- 22 - The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
- 23 - Farewell Frost, or Welcome Spring
- 24 - To the Maids, to Walk Abroad
- 25 - Corina's Going a Maying
- 26 - The Maypole
- 27 - The Wake
- 28 - The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home
- 29 - The Bride-Cake
- 30 - The Old Wives' Prayer
- 31 - The Bell-Man
- 33 - To the Genius of His House
- 33 - His Grange, or Private Wealth
- 34 - A Pastoral Upon the Birth of Prince Charles
- 35 - A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, Under the Name of Amarillis
- 36 - A Bucolic Betwixt Two
- 37 - A Pastoral Sung to the King
- 38 - To the Willow-Tree
- 39 - The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon's Chapel
- 40 - Oberon's Feast
- 41 - The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen
- 42 - The Hag
- 43 - The Mad Maid's Song
- 44 - The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest
- 45 - Upon Cupid
- 46 - To Be Merry
- 47 - Upon His Gray Hairs
- 48 - An Hymn to the Muses
- 49 - The Coming of Good Luck
- 50 - His Content in the Country
- 51 - His Return to London
- 52 - His Desire
- 53 - An Ode for Ben Jonson
- 54 - To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses
- 55 - The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium
- 56 - The Invitation
- 57 - To Sir Clipsby Crew
- 58 - A Country Life
- 59 - To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 60 - A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 61 - To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend Mr Charles Cotton
- 62 - A New Year's Gift, Sent to Sir Simeon Steward
- 63 - An Ode to Sir Clipsby Crew
- 64 - A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton
- 65 - All Things Decay and Die
- 66 - To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick
- 67 - His Age
- 68 - The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad
- 69 - On Himself
- 70 - His Winding-Sheet
- 71 - Anacreontic
- 72 - To Laurels
- 73 - On Himself
- 74 - On Himself
- 75 - To Robin Red-Breast
- 76 - The Olive Branch
- 77 - The Plaudite, or End of Life
- AMORES
- 78 - To Groves
- 79 - Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, Under the Name of the Lost Shepherdess
- 80 - A Vow to Venus
- 81 - Upon Love
- 82 - Upon Julia's Clothes
- 83 - The Bracelet to Julia
- 84 - Upon Julia's Ribbon
- 85 - To Julia
- 86 - Art Above Nature: To Julia
- 87 - Her Bed
- 88 - The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls
- 89 - The Parliament of Roses to Julia
- 90 - Upon Julia's Recovery
- 91 - Upon Julia's Hair Filled with Dew
- 92 - Cherry Ripe
- 93 - The Captive Bee; or, the Little Filcher
- 94 - Upon Roses
- 95 - How His Soul Came Ensnared
- 96 - Upon Julia's Voice
- 97 - The Night Piece: To Julia
- 98 - His Covenant or Protestation to Julia
- 99 - His Sailing from Julia
- 100 - His Last Request to Julia
- 101 - The Transfiguration
- 102 - Love Dislikes Nothing
- 103 - Upon Love
- 104 - To Dianeme
- 105 - To Perenna
- 106 - To Oenone
- 107 - To Electra
- 108 - To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing
- 109 - Anthea's Retractation
- 110 - Love Lightly Pleased
- 111 - To Dianeme
- 112 - Upon Her Eyes
- 113 - Upon Her Feet
- 114 - Upon a Delaying Lady
- 115 - The Cruel Maid
- 116 - To His Mistress, Objecting to Him Neither Toying or Talking
- 117 - Impossibilities: To His Friend
- 118 - The Bubble: A Song
- 119 - Delight in Disorder
- 120 - To Silvia
- 121 - To Silvia to Wed
- 122 - Barley-Break; or, Last in Hell
- 123 - On a Perfumed Lady
- 124 - The Parcae; or, Three Dainty Destinies:
- 125 - A Conjuration: To Electra
- 126 - To Sapho
- 127 - Of Love: A Sonnet
- 128 - To Dianeme
- 129 - To Dianeme
- 130 - Kissing Usury
- 131 - Upon the Loss of His Mistresses
- 132 - The Wounded Heart
- 133 - His Mistress to Him at His Farewell
- 134 - Crutches
- 135 - To Anthea
- 136 - To Anthea
- 137 - To His Lovely Mistresses
- 138 - To Perllla
- 139 - A Meditation for His Mistress
- 140 - To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
- EPIGRAMS
- 141 - Posting to Printing
- 142 - His Loss
- 143 - Things Mortal Still Mutable
- 144 - No Man Without Money
- 145 - The Present Time Best Pleaseth
- 146 - Want
- 147 - Satisfaction for Sufferings
- 148 - Writing
- 149 - The Definition of Beauty
- 150 - A Mean in Our Means
- 151 - Money Makes the Mirth
- 152 - Tears and Laughter
- 153 - Upon Tears
- 154 - On Love
- 155 - Peace Not Permanent
- 156 - Pardons
- 157 - Truth and Error
- 158 - Wlt Punished Prospers Most
- 159 - Burial
- 160 - No Pains, No Gains
- 161 - To Youth
- 162 - To Enjoy the Time
- 163 - Felicity Quick of Flight
- 164 - Mirth
- 165 - The Heart
- 166 - Love, What it Is
- 167 - Dreams
- 168 - Ambition
- 169 - Safety on the Shore
- 170 - Upon a Painted Gentlewoman
- 171 - Upon Wrinkles
- 172 - Casualties
- 173 - To Live Freely
- 174 - Nothing Free-Cost
- 175 - Man's Dying-Place Uncertain
- 176 - Loss from the Least
- 177 - Poverty and Riches
- 178 - Upon Man
- 179 - Purposes
- 180 - Four Things Make Us Happy Here
- 181 - The Watch
- 182 - Upon the Detracter
- 183 - On Himself
- NATURE AND LIFE
- 184 - I Call and I Call
- 185 - The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
- 186 - To Blossoms
- 187 - The Shower of Blossoms
- 188 - To the Rose: Song
- 189 - The Funeral Rites of the Rose
- 190 - The Bleeding Hand
- 191 - To Carnations: A Song
- 192 - To Pansies
- 193 - How Pansies or Hearts-Ease Came First
- 194 - Why Flowers Change Colour
- 195 - The Primrose
- 196 - To Primroses Filled with Morning Dew
- 197 - To Daisies, Not to Shut so Soon
- 198 - To Daffadils
- 199 - To Violets
- 200 - The Apron of Flowers
- 201 - The Lily in a Crystal
- 202 - To Meadows
- 203 - To a Gentlewoman, Objecting to Him His Gray Hairs
- 204 - The Changes: To Corinna
- 205 - Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, Under the Name of Amarillis
- 206 - No Fault in Women
- 207 - The Bag of the Bee
- 208 - The Present; or, the Bag of the Bee
- 209 - To the Water-Nymphs Drinking at the Fountain
- 210 - How Springs Came First
- 211 - To the Handsome Mistress Grace Potter
- 212 - A Hymn to the Graces
- 213 - A Hymn to Love
- 214 - Upon Love:
- 215 - Lovers How They Come and Part
- 216 - The Kiss: A Dialogue
- 217 - Comfort to a Youth that Had Lost His Love
- 218 - Orpheus
- 219 - A Request to the Graces
- 220 - A Hymn to Venus and Cupid
- 221 - To Bacchus: A Canticle
- 222 - A Hymn to Bacchus
- 223 - A Canticle to Apollo
- 224 - To Music, to Becalm a Sweet Sick Youth
- 225 - To Music: A Song
- 226 - Soft Music
- 227 - To Music
- 228 - The Voice and Viol
- 229 - To Music, to Becalm His Fever
- MUSAE GRAVIORES
- 230 - A Thanksgiving to God, for His House
- 231 - Matins, or Morning Prayer
- 232 - Good Precepts, or Counsel
- 233 - Pray and Prosper
- 234 - The Bell-Man
- 235 - Upon Time
- 236 - Men Mind No State in Sickness
- 237 - Life is the Body's Light
- 238 - To the Lady Crewe, Upon the Death of Her Child
- 239 - Upon a Child that Died
- 240 - Upon a Child
- 241 - An Epitaph Upon a Child
- 242 - An Epitaph Upon a Virgin
- 243 - Upon a Maid
- 244 - The Dirge of Jephthah's Daughter:
- 245 - The Widows' Tears; or, Dirge of Dorcas
- 246 - Upon His Sister-in-Law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
- 247 - To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
- 248 - On Himself
- 249 - His Wish to Privacy
- 250 - To His Paternal Country
- 251 - Cock-Crow
- 252 - To His Conscience
- 253 - To Heaven
- 254 - An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour
- 255 - To His Saviour, a Child
- 256 - Grace for a Child
- 257 - His Litany, to the Holy Spirit
- 258 - To Death
- 259 - To His Sweet Saviour
- 260 - Eternity
- 261 - The White Island
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