Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) was a Caroline poet, born in London, of good family. He was incumbent of Dean Prior in Devonshire, and author of the "Hesperides," published in 1648, a collection of "gay and charming" pieces, "in which," says Stopford Brooke, "Horace and Tibullus seem to mingle their peculiar art, which never misses its aim nor fails in exquisite execution".

Wisdom & Quotes

• A sweet disorder in the dress

Kindles in clothes a wantonness.
- Delight in Disorder

• Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
- To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time

Francis Quarles