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Robert Herrick Poems

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• A Bucolic Betwixt Two: Lacon & Thyrsis
• A Canticle To Apollo
• A Child's Grace
• A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall
• A Conjuration To Electra
• A Country Life: To His Brother Mr Thomas Herrick
• A Dialogue Betwixt Himself And Mistress Eliza Wheeler, Under The Name Of Amarillis
• A Hymn To Bacchus
• A Hymn To Love
• A Hymn To The Graces
• A Hymn To The Muses
• A Hymn To Venus And Cupid
• A Lyric To Mirth
• A Meditation For His Mistress
• A New Years' Gift Sent To Sir Simeon Steward
• A Panegyric To Sir Lewis Pemberton
• A Paraneaticall Or Advice Verse To His Friend, Mr John Wicks
• A Pastoral Sung To The King
• A Pastoral Upon The Birth Of Prince Charles: Presented To The King
• A Request To The Graces
• A Ring Presented To Julia
• A Thanksgiving To God For His House
• A Vow To Venus
• All Things Decay And Die
• Ambition
• An Epitaph Upon A Child
• An Epitaph Upon A Virgin
• An Ode For Ben Jonson
• An Ode Of The Birth Of Our Saviour
• An Ode To Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death
• An Ode To Sir Clipsby Crew
• Anacreontic
• Another
• Another Grace For A Child
• Another To The Maids
• Anthea's Retractation
• Art Above Nature: To Julia
• Barley-Break; Or, Last In Hell
• Be My Mistress Short Or Tall
• Burial
• Canticle To Apollo
• Casualties
• Ceremonies For Candlemas Eve
• Ceremonies For Christmas
• Cherry Ripe
• Cherry-Pit
• Christmas-Eve, Another Ceremony
• Cock-Crow
• Comfort To A Youth That Had Lost His Love
• Corinna's Going A-Maying
• Country Life: To His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick
• Crutches
• Departure Of The Good Daemon
• Discontents In Devon
• Divination By A Daffodil
• Draw-Gloves
• Dreams
• Eternity
• Farewell Frost, Or Welcome Spring
• Felicity Quick Of Flight
• Four Things Make Us Happy Here
• Good Precepts, Or Counsel
• Harvest Home
• Her Bed
• His Content In The Country
• His Covenant Or Protestation To Julia
• His Desire
• His Grange, Or Private Wealth
• His Last Request To Julia
• His Litany, To The Holy Spirit
• His Loss
• His Meditation Upon Death
• His Mistress To Him At His Farewell
• His Poetry His Pillar
• His Prayer For Absolution
• His Prayer To Ben Jonson
• His Request To Julia
• His Return To London
• His Sailing From Julia
• His Winding-sheet
• His Wish To God
• His Wish To Privacy
• How His Soul Came Ensnared
• How Pansies Or Hearts-Ease Came First
• How Springs Came First
• Hymn To Bacchus
• Hymn To Love
• Hymn To The Grace
• Hymn To Venus And Cupid
• I Call And I Call
• Impossibilities: To His Friend
• Kissing Usury
• Life Is The Body's Light
• Loss From The Least
• Love Dislikes Nothing
• Love Lightly Pleased
• Love, What It Is
• Lovers How They Come And Part
• Man
• Man's Dying-place Uncertain
• Matins, Or Morning Prayer
• Mean In Our Mean
• Meditation For His Mistress
• Men Mind No State In Sickness
• Mirth
• Miseries
• Money Makes The Mirth
• Mrs Eliz Wheeler, Under The Name Of The Lost Shepherdess
• No Fault In Women
• No Pains, No Gains
• Not Every Day Fit For Verse
• Nothing Free-Cost
• Oberon's Chapel
• Oberon's Feast
• Of Love: A Sonnet
• On A Perfumed Lady
• On Himself
• On Himself (2)
• On Hymn To The Muse
• On Julia's Voice
• On Love
• Orpheus
• Panegyric To Sir Lewis Pemberton
• Pardon
• Pastoral Sung To The King
• Peace Not Permanence
• Poverty And Riches
• Pray And Prosper
• Proof To No Purpose
• Purpose
• Request To The Grace
• Rewards
• Safety On The Shore
• Satisfaction For Suffering
• Soft Music
• Sweet Disorder
• Tears And Laughter
• Thanksgiving To God, For His House
• The Apparition Of His, Mistress, Calling Him To Elysium
• The Apron Of Flowers
• The Argument Of His Book
• The Bad Season Makes The Poet Sad
• The Bag Of The Bee
• The Beggar To Mab, The Queen Fairy
• The Bell-Man
• The Bellman
• The Bleeding Hand; Or The Sprig Of Eglantine Given To A Maid
• The Bracelet To Julia
• The Bubble: A Song
• The Captiv'd Bee; Or, The Little Filcher
• The Ceremonies For Candlemas Day
• The Changes: To Corinne
• The Cheat Of Cupid; Or, The Ungentle Guest
• The Coming Of Good Luck
• The Country Life:
• The Cruel Maid
• The Definition Of Beauty
• The Dirge Of Jephthah's Daughter: Sung By The Virgin-Martyr
• The Fairies
• The Fairy Temple; Or, Oberon's Chapel
• The Funeral Rites Of The Rose
• The Good-Night Or Blessing
• The Hag
• The Heart
• The Hock-Cart
• The Hour-Glass
• The Invitation
• The Kiss: A Dialogue
• The Lily In A Crystal
• The Little Filcher; Or, The Captiv'd Bee
• The Mad Maid's Song
• The Maypole
• The New-Year's Gift
• The Night Piece, To Julia
• The Old Wives' Prayer
• The Olive Branch
• The Parliament Of Roses To Julia
• The Plaudite, Or End Of Life
• The Present Time Best Pleaseth Me
• The Present; Or, The Bag Of The Bees
• The Primrose
• The Ride-Cake
• The Rock Of Rubies And The Quarry Of Pearls
• The Rosary
• The Shower Of Blossoms
• The Sprig Of Eglantine Given To A Maid
• The Succession Of The Four Sweet Months
• The Transfiguration
• The Ungentle Guest
• The Vine
• The Voice And Viol
• The Wake
• The Wassail
• The Watch
• The White Island: Or Place Of The Blest
• The Widows' Tears; Or, Dirge Of Dorcas
• The Wounded Cupid
• The Wounded Heart
• Things Mortal Still Mutable
• Thy Flowers Change Colour
• To A Gentlewoman, Objecting To Him His Gray Hair
• To Anthea
• To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything
• To Bacchus: A Canticle
• To Be Merry
• To Blossoms
• To Carnations: A Song
• To Daffodils
• To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon
• To Death
• To Dianeme
• To Electra
• To Enjoy The Time
• To Groves
• To Heaven
• To His Book
• To His Conscience
• To His Girls
• To His Honoured And Most Ingenious Friend Mr. Charles Cotton
• To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
• To His Lovely Mistresses
• To His Mistress, Objecting To Him Neither Toying Or Talking
• To His Muse
• To His Paternal Country
• To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks
• To His Saviour, A Child; A Present, By A Child
• To His Sweet Saviour
• To His Verse
• To Julia
• To Julia (2)
• To Laurels
• To Live Freely
• To Live Merrily, And To Trust To Good Verses
• To Man Without Money
• To Meadows
• To Music
• To Music, To Becalm A Sweet Sick Youth
• To Music, To Becalm His Fever
• To Music: A Song
• To Oenone
• To Pansies
• To Perenna
• To Perilla
• To Phillis, To Love And Live With Him
• To Primroses Filled With Morning Dew
• To Robin Red-Breast
• To Sapho
• To Silvia
• To Silvia To Wed
• To Sir Clipsby Crew
• To The Genius Of His House
• To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter
• To The Lady Crewe, Upon The Death Of Her Child
• To The Maids, To Walk Abroad
• To The Rose: A Song
• To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time
• To The Water-nymphs Drinking At The Fountain
• To The Willow Tree
• To Violets
• To Youth
• Truth And Error
• Truth And Falsehood
• Up Scoble
• Upon A Child
• Upon A Child That Died
• Upon A Delaying Lady
• Upon A Maid
• Upon A Painted Gentlewoman
• Upon Cupid
• Upon Her Eyes
• Upon Her Feet
• Upon His Sister-In-Law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
• Upon Julia's Clothes
• Upon Julia's Hair Filled With Dew
• Upon Julia's Recovery
• Upon Julia's Ribbon
• Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself
• Upon Julia's Voice
• Upon Love
• Upon Love (2)
• Upon Love: By Way Of Question And Answer
• Upon Man
• Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, Under The Name Of Amarillis
• Upon Parson Beanes
• Upon Prew His Maid
• Upon Roses
• Upon Tears
• Upon The Detracter
• Upon The Loss Of His Mistresses
• Upon The Nipples Of Julia's Breast
• Upon Time
• Upon Wrinkles
• Vow To Venus
• Want
• What Kind Of Mistress He Would Have
• When He Would Have His Verses Read
• Wit Punished Prospers Most
• Writing

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