Hesperides


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Selected Poems


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A great survivor among the Cavalier poets, most of his poems were composed in a remote Devonshire parish. Even so, the body of his poetry is large and his religious vocationhardly shows in the almost innocent exhuberanceof his fine verse.







The Poems of Robert Herrick


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A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick


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Discover the romantic and playful world of 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric, Robert Herrick, through this selection of his most memorable works. The poems in Hesperides reveal a deep appreciation for nature, love, and the fleeting beauty of life. Among them is the famous 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time', a carpe diem poem that encourages readers to seize the day and enjoy life's pleasures while they can, as presented in this excerpt: "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may / Old Time is still a-flying / And this same flower that smiles to-day / To-morrow will be dying."