Poet

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick has 63 approved public poems available in Poem A Day.

1. A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick

   "Thrice, and above, blest, my soul's half, art thou," — Robert Herrick, "A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK"

   nature, love, death
2. A Child's Grace by Robert Herrick

   "HERE a little child I stand" — Robert Herrick, "A Child's Grace"

   time
3. A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall by Robert Herrick

   "Chorus." — Robert Herrick, "A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall"

   nature, love, death
4. A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZAWHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS by Robert Herrick

   "My dearest Love, since thou wilt go," — Robert Herrick, "A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZAWHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS"

   nature, love, death
5. A Lyric to Mirth by Robert Herrick

   "While the milder fates consent," — Robert Herrick, "A Lyric to Mirth"

   nature, love, death
6. A Thanksgiving to God for His House by Robert Herrick

   "Lord, Thou hast given me a cell" — Robert Herrick, "A Thanksgiving to God for His House"

   nature, love, death
7. AN EPITAPH UPON A CHILD by Robert Herrick

   "Virgins promised when I died," — Robert Herrick, "AN EPITAPH UPON A CHILD"

   nature, death, sea
8. ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by Robert Herrick

   "When I behold a forest spread" — Robert Herrick, "ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA"

   nature, love, beauty
9. An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death by Robert Herrick

   "Not all thy flushing suns are set," — Robert Herrick, "An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death"

   nature, death, solitude
10. Another Grace For A Child by Robert Herrick

    "Here a little child I stand" — Robert Herrick, "Another Grace For A Child"

    time
11. COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE by Robert Herrick

    "What needs complaints," — Robert Herrick, "COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE"

    love, grief, identity
12. Epitaph upon a Child that died by Robert Herrick

    "HERE she lies, a pretty bud," — Robert Herrick, "Epitaph upon a Child that died"

    hope, war, night
13. FAREWELL FROST, OR WELCOME SPRING by Robert Herrick

    "Fled are the frosts, and now the fields appear" — Robert Herrick, "FAREWELL FROST, OR WELCOME SPRING"

    nature, love, grief
14. GRACE FOR A CHILD by Robert Herrick

    "Here, a little child, I stand," — Robert Herrick, "GRACE FOR A CHILD"

    time
15. HIS AGE:DEDICATED TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND,MR JOHN WICKES, UNDER THE NAME OFPOSTUMUS by Robert Herrick

    "Ah, Posthumus! our years hence fly" — Robert Herrick, "HIS AGE:DEDICATED TO HIS PECULIAR FRIEND,MR JOHN WICKES, UNDER THE NAME OFPOSTUMUS"

    nature, love, death
16. HIS MISTRESS TO HIM AT HIS FAREWELL by Robert Herrick

    "You may vow I'll not forget" — Robert Herrick, "HIS MISTRESS TO HIM AT HIS FAREWELL"

    nature, love, grief
17. HOW SPRINGS CAME FIRST by Robert Herrick

    "These springs were maidens once that loved," — Robert Herrick, "HOW SPRINGS CAME FIRST"

    nature, love
18. His Prayer For Absolution by Robert Herrick

    "For those my unbaptized rhymes," — Robert Herrick, "His Prayer For Absolution"

    beauty, solitude, faith
19. His Prayer To Ben Jonson by Robert Herrick

    "When I a verse shall make," — Robert Herrick, "His Prayer To Ben Jonson"

    faith, time, choice
20. LIFE IS THE BODY'S LIGHT by Robert Herrick

    "Life is the body's light; which, once declining," — Robert Herrick, "LIFE IS THE BODY'S LIGHT"

    nature, death, hope
21. LOSS FROM THE LEAST by Robert Herrick

    "Great men by small means oft are overthrown;" — Robert Herrick, "LOSS FROM THE LEAST"

    faith
22. MATINS, OR MORNING PRAYER by Robert Herrick

    "When with the virgin morning thou dost rise," — Robert Herrick, "MATINS, OR MORNING PRAYER"

    nature, love, death
23. MRS ELIZ: WHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF THELOST SHEPHERDESS by Robert Herrick

    "Among the myrtles as I walk'd" — Robert Herrick, "MRS ELIZ: WHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF THELOST SHEPHERDESS"

    nature, love, death
24. NO FAULT IN WOMEN by Robert Herrick

    "No fault in women, to refuse" — Robert Herrick, "NO FAULT IN WOMEN"

    war
25. PEACE NOT PERMANENT by Robert Herrick

    "Great cities seldom rest; if there be none" — Robert Herrick, "PEACE NOT PERMANENT"

    solitude
26. SOFT MUSIC by Robert Herrick

    "The mellow touch of music most doth wound" — Robert Herrick, "SOFT MUSIC"

    death, faith
27. THE APRON OF FLOWERS by Robert Herrick

    "To gather flowers, Sappha went," — Robert Herrick, "THE APRON OF FLOWERS"

    nature, love, faith
28. THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS DAY by Robert Herrick

    "Kindle the Christmas brand, and then" — Robert Herrick, "THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS DAY"

    nature, faith, time
29. THE COUNTRY LIFE: by Robert Herrick

    "TO THE HONOURED MR ENDYMION PORTER, GROOM OF" — Robert Herrick, "THE COUNTRY LIFE:"

    nature, love, beauty
30. THE DEFINITION OF BEAUTY by Robert Herrick

    "Beauty no other thing is, than a beam" — Robert Herrick, "THE DEFINITION OF BEAUTY"

    beauty
31. THE FUNERAL RITES OF THE ROSE by Robert Herrick

    "The Rose was sick, and smiling died;" — Robert Herrick, "THE FUNERAL RITES OF THE ROSE"

    nature, love, death
32. THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER by Robert Herrick

    "Holy-Rood, come forth and shield" — Robert Herrick, "THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER"

    nature, faith, war
33. THE PARLIAMENT OF ROSES TO JULIA by Robert Herrick

    "I dreamt the Roses one time went" — Robert Herrick, "THE PARLIAMENT OF ROSES TO JULIA"

    nature, hope, solitude
34. THE PRIMROSE by Robert Herrick

    "Ask me why I send you here" — Robert Herrick, "THE PRIMROSE"

    nature, love, hope
35. THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS by Robert Herrick

    "First, April, she with mellow showers" — Robert Herrick, "THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS"

    nature, love, choice
36. TO A GENTLEWOMAN, OBJECTING TO HIM HISGRAY HAIRS by Robert Herrick

    "Am I despised, because you say;" — Robert Herrick, "TO A GENTLEWOMAN, OBJECTING TO HIM HISGRAY HAIRS"

    nature, grief, identity
37. TO ENJOY THE TIME by Robert Herrick

    "While fates permit us, let's be merry;" — Robert Herrick, "TO ENJOY THE TIME"

    nature, death, choice
38. TO HEAVEN by Robert Herrick

    "Open thy gates" — Robert Herrick, "TO HEAVEN"

    grief
39. TO HIS DYING BROTHER, MASTER WILLIAM HERRICK by Robert Herrick

    "Life of my life, take not so soon thy flight," — Robert Herrick, "TO HIS DYING BROTHER, MASTER WILLIAM HERRICK"

    nature, love, death
40. TO HIS KINSWOMAN, MISTRESS SUSANNA HERRICK by Robert Herrick

    "When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay" — Robert Herrick, "TO HIS KINSWOMAN, MISTRESS SUSANNA HERRICK"

    nature, love, death
41. TO HIS SAVIOUR, A CHILD;A PRESENT, BY A CHILD by Robert Herrick

    "Go, pretty child, and bear this flower" — Robert Herrick, "TO HIS SAVIOUR, A CHILD;A PRESENT, BY A CHILD"

    nature, love, time
42. TO MUSIC by Robert Herrick

    "Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears" — Robert Herrick, "TO MUSIC"

    nature, grief, faith
43. TO MUSIC, TO BECALM A SWEET SICK YOUTH by Robert Herrick

    "Charms, that call down the moon from out her sphere," — Robert Herrick, "TO MUSIC, TO BECALM A SWEET SICK YOUTH"

    nature, grief, time
44. TO MUSIC, TO BECALM HIS FEVER by Robert Herrick

    "Charm me asleep, and melt me so" — Robert Herrick, "TO MUSIC, TO BECALM HIS FEVER"

    nature, love, death
45. TO MUSIC: A SONG by Robert Herrick

    "Music, thou queen of heaven, care-charming spell," — Robert Herrick, "TO MUSIC: A SONG"

    death, solitude, faith
46. TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW by Robert Herrick

    "Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears" — Robert Herrick, "TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW"

    nature, love, grief
47. TO THE LADY CREWE, UPON THE DEATH OF HER CHILD by Robert Herrick

    "Why, Madam, will ye longer weep," — Robert Herrick, "TO THE LADY CREWE, UPON THE DEATH OF HER CHILD"

    nature, solitude, grief
48. TO THE ROSE: SONG by Robert Herrick

    "Go, happy Rose, and interwove" — Robert Herrick, "TO THE ROSE: SONG"

    nature, love, hope
49. TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME by Robert Herrick

    "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may:" — Robert Herrick, "TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME"

    nature, death, solitude
50. TO THE WATER-NYMPHS DRINKING AT THEFOUNTAIN by Robert Herrick

    "Reach with your whiter hands to me" — Robert Herrick, "TO THE WATER-NYMPHS DRINKING AT THEFOUNTAIN"

    nature, love, grief
51. TO THE WILLOW-TREE by Robert Herrick

    "Thou art to all lost love the best," — Robert Herrick, "TO THE WILLOW-TREE"

    nature, love, hope
52. The Hock-cart, or Harvest Home by Robert Herrick

    "To the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmoreland" — Robert Herrick, "The Hock-cart, or Harvest Home"

    nature, love, hope
53. Time was upon by Robert Herrick

    "Wrinkles no more are, or no less," — Robert Herrick, "Time was upon"

    beauty
54. To Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick

    "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," — Robert Herrick, "To Virgins, to Make Much of Time"

    nature, death, hope
55. To his Girls by Robert Herrick

    "Wanton wenches do not bring" — Robert Herrick, "To his Girls"

    general
56. UPON A CHILD by Robert Herrick

    "Here a pretty baby lies" — Robert Herrick, "UPON A CHILD"

    nature, solitude, faith
57. UPON A CHILD THAT DIED by Robert Herrick

    "Here she lies, a pretty bud," — Robert Herrick, "UPON A CHILD THAT DIED"

    hope, war, night
58. UPON A PAINTED GENTLEWOMAN by Robert Herrick

    "Men say you're fair; and fair ye are, 'tis true;" — Robert Herrick, "UPON A PAINTED GENTLEWOMAN"

    beauty, grief
59. UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZABETHHERRICK by Robert Herrick

    "First, for effusions due unto the dead," — Robert Herrick, "UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZABETHHERRICK"

    love, grief
60. UPON MRS ELIZ. WHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OFAMARILLIS by Robert Herrick

    "Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's" — Robert Herrick, "UPON MRS ELIZ. WHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OFAMARILLIS"

    nature, love, death
61. UPON ROSES by Robert Herrick

    "Under a lawn, than skies more clear," — Robert Herrick, "UPON ROSES"

    nature, war
62. UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESSES by Robert Herrick

    "I have lost, and lately, these" — Robert Herrick, "UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESSES"

    love, death, beauty
63. WHY FLOWERS CHANGE COLOUR by Robert Herrick

    "These fresh beauties, we can prove," — Robert Herrick, "WHY FLOWERS CHANGE COLOUR"

    nature, love, solitude