Jacobean
Robert Herrick
1591 – 1674
English poet and cleric (1591–1674)
- Kingdom of England
- British
- Cavalier Poets
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About
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".
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Life on the Timeline
1591 – 1674
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Major Works
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