Robert Herrick (poet)
Robert Herrick | |
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Herrick, 1904 illustration | |
| Born | baptised 24 August 1591 London, England |
| Died | buried 15 October 1674 (aged 83) Dean Prior, England |
| Occupation | Poet and cleric |
| Language | Early Modern English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" Hesperides |
Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican 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".