Author: Robert Herrick

Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep; And Time seems then not for to fly, but creep; Slowly […]

No wrath of men, or rage of seas, Can shake a just man’s purposes; No threats of tyrants, or the […]

When a daffodil I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may what I must be: First, I […]

One night i’th’ year, my dearest Beauties, come, And bring those dew-drink-offerings to my tomb; When thence ye see my […]

How Love came in, I do not know, Whether by th’eye, or ear, or no; Or whether with the soul […]

When with the virgin morning thou dost rise, Crossing thyself come thus to sacrifice; First wash thy heart in innocence; […]

Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st mine ears With thine enchantment, melt me into tears. Then let thy active […]

Blessings in abundance come To the bride and to her groom ; May the bed and this short night Know […]

While the milder fates consent, Let’s enjoy our merriment : Drink, and dance, and pipe, and play ; Kiss our […]

Chorus. What sweeter music can we bring, Than a Carol, for to sing The Birth of this our heavenly King? […]

Is this a life, to break thy sleep, To rise as soon as day doth peep? To tire thy patient […]

Fled are the frosts, and now the fields appear Reclothed in fresh and verdant diaper; Thaw’d are the snows; and […]

Anthea, I am going hence With some small stock of innocence; But yet those blessed gates I see Withstanding entrance […]

No fault in women, to refuse The offer which they most would chuse. No fault: in women, to confess How […]

When I a verse shall make, Know I have pray’d thee, For old religion’s sake, Saint Ben to aid me. […]

Here we securely live, and eat The cream of meat; And keep eternal fires, By which we sit, and do […]

Command the roof, great Genius, and from thence Into this house pour down thy influence, That through each room a […]

Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night Has not as yet begun To make a seizure on the light, Or […]

Let us, though late, at last, my Silvia, wed; And loving lie in one devoted bed. Thy watch may stand, […]

Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be; Or bid me love, and I will give […]