Background
- 1591-Born
- 1592-Father died via suicide
- 1607-Apprenticed for William Herrick
- 1607-Westminster
- 1614-Goes to Cambridge
- 1616-Trinity Hall
- 1617-BA
- 1620-Masters
- 1627- Post of Chaplain to Isle of Rhe
- 1629- Presented by King to Vicarage of Dean Prior, "Robert Herrick- His Farewell to Poetry", "Farwell to Sack"(drink)
- Mother Dies, appointed to his country vicarage
- Never Married and Happy for it
- Returned to London
- 1635- Fairy Poem was printed
- 1639-"The Apparation of His Mistress Calling Him to Elysium"
- 1640-The several poems written by Master Robert Herrick published
- 1648-"Hesperides"
- 1650- More than 70 poems published in Witts Recreations
- 1662- Dean Prior
- 1674- Died
Delight in Disorder
A lovely disorder in the dress starts a sex appeal in clothes, a scarf thrown around the shoulders is a fine distraction, a lace that should hold the stomacher up wanders, and a cuff that is loosened, ribbands that flow loosely in the wrinkling petticoat. In a careless shoestring I see a wild civility. These do fascinate me more than when they are proper.
To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time
Stanza 1: Gather you rose buds while you can, time is flying by, the flower smiling today will be dying tomorrow.
Stanza 2: As the sun gets higher in the sky the sooner he will be finished and setting.
Stanza 3: You are best when young, when youth makes your blood warm. But as it is spent, time will take away youth.
Stanza 4: Don't be shy, use your time, go marry someone, for if you lose your youth, you'll be forever wandering alone.
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