Robert Herrick
About this book
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature.
Robert Herrick was born in London in 1591 and went to St. John's College, Cambridge. He became a Cavalier poet before being ordained in 1623. Charles I gave him the living of Dean Prior in 1629 where he wrote some of his best work including
Hesperides, published in 1648. He died in 1674.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- from HESPERIDES
- from HIS NOBLE NUMBERS: OR, HIS PIOUS PIECES
- from ADDITIONAL POEMS
- About Robert Herrick and Stephen Romer
- Copyright
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