Author: Robert Herrick

Immortal clothing I put on So soon as, Julia, I am gone To mine eternal mansion. Thou, thou art here, […]

Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness: None is discreet at all times; no, […]

SWEET western wind, whose luck it is, Made rival with the air, To give Perenna’s lip a kiss, And fan […]

When I behold a forest spread With silken trees upon thy head; And when I see that other dress Of […]

I dreamt the Roses one time went To meet and sit in Parliament; The place for these, and for the […]

Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears Speak grief in you, Who were but born Just as the modest […]

Stay while ye will, or go, And leave no scent behind ye: Yet trust me, I shall know The place […]

Give me a man that is not dull, When all the world with rifts is full; But unamazed dares clearly […]

Thou see’st me, Lucia, this year droop; Three zodiacs fill’d more, I shall stoop; Let crutches then provided be To […]

O thou, the wonder of all days! O paragon, and pearl of praise! O Virgin-martyr, ever blest Above the rest […]