Robert Herrick (poet)

The Reverend

Robert Herrick
The Reverend; Robert Herrick
	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)^[1] 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".

^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Herrick, Robert" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 389–390.

[1] Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Herrick, Robert" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 389–390.

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The Reverend Robert Herrick
Herrick, 1904 illustration
Born	baptised (1591-08-24)24 August 1591 London, England
Died	buried 15 October 1674(1674-10-15) (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