Robert Herrick (poet)

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Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and 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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poet

Born:

08/24/91

Died:

10/15/74 (age 83 years)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.

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Come, let us go while we are in our prime;
And take the harmless folly of the time.
‎We shall grow old apace, and die
‎Before we know our liberty.
‎Our life is short, and our days run
‎As fast away as does the sun;
And, as a vapour or a drop of rain,
Once lost, can ne'er be found again,
‎So when or you or I are made
‎A fable, song, or fleeting shade,
‎All love, all liking, all delight
Lies drowned with us in endless night.
Then while time serves, and we are but decaying,
Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying.

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