Author: Robert Herrick

Since to the country first I came, I have lost my former flame; And, methinks, I not inherit, As I […]

In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit comfort me! […]

Play, Phoebus, on thy lute, And we will sit all mute; By listening to thy lyre, That sets all ears […]

Under a lawn, than skies more clear, Some ruffled Roses nestling were, And snugging there, they seem’d to lie As […]

When I thy parts run o’er, I can’t espy In any one, the least indecency; But every line and limb […]

For those my unbaptized rhymes, Writ in my wild unhallowed times, For every sentence, clause, and word, That’s not inlaid […]

Now is the time for mirth, Nor cheek or tongue be dumb; For with the flow’ry earth The golden pomp […]

Bell-man of night, if I about shall go For to deny my Master, do thou crow! Thou stop’st Saint Peter […]

Charm me asleep, and melt me so With thy delicious numbers; That being ravish’d, hence I go Away in easy […]

My soul would one day go and seek For roses, and in Julia’s cheek A richess of those sweets she […]

O earth! earth! earth! hear thou my voice, and be Loving and gentle for to cover me! Banish’d from thee […]

What will ye, my poor orphans, do, When I must leave the world and you; Who’ll give ye then a […]

Thou art to all lost love the best, The only true plant found, Wherewith young men and maids distrest And […]

From this bleeding hand of mine, Take this sprig of Eglantine: Which, though sweet unto your smell, Yet the fretful […]

Life is the body’s light; which, once declining, Those crimson clouds i’ th’ cheeks and lips leave shining:- Those counter-changed […]

Welcome, maids of honour, You do bring In the Spring; And wait upon her. She has virgins many, Fresh and […]

Charms, that call down the moon from out her sphere, On this sick youth work your enchantments here! Bind up […]

Here a solemn fast we keep, While all beauty lies asleep; Hushed be all things, no noise here, But the […]

I bring ye love. QUES. What will love do? ANS. Like, and dislike ye. I bring ye love. QUES. What […]

I will confess With cheerfulness, Love is a thing so likes me, That, let her lay On me all day, […]