Herrick's

Across the centuries, they have been stitched into our Britishness as the stuff of folklore, poetry, song – from Robert Herrick's account of Corinna going a-Maying to the belief that eating primroses would allow a person to see fairies, via Shakespeare's talk in Hamlet of "A violet in the youth of primy nature,/ Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,/ The perfume and suppliance of a minute."

The power of spring flowers 2011

The celebration of fleeting loveliness and "enjoying the pleasures of the moment while they last," Mr. Stubbs says, can be found "most famously of all" in Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time": "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."

Pens at the Ready Mark Archer 2011

True enough, as a despondent Mitchell decides he no longer needs Herrick's secret to resurrection and kills his recruiter at sunrise.

Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

Herrick's verse sequence "Hesperides" 1648 imitated Donne when it combined the sensual love lyrics of youth with the religious meditations of later years.

Pens at the Ready Mark Archer 2011

On my list of books to read in the near future is James A. Herrick's Scientific Mythologies.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

The successful surgery kept Herrick's brother alive for eight years and was the first successful organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.

World's first organ donor dies aged 79 2010

The stop -- which never had a formal station, according to Herrick's research -- where the Great Falls and Old Dominion crossed Chain Bridge Road (the present-day intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road) became a community hub.

McLean, which began with general store at railroad stop, celebrates centennial Kali Schumitz 2010

Herrick's Candlemas lines may be recalled:  — Kindle the Christmas brand, and then

Leap Year -- Day John 2008

I just posted a review of James Herrick's book about sci-fi, speculative science and religion on my blog, and thought I'd let you know!

SF Tidbits for 7/22/08 Matt 2008

On my list of books to read in the near future is James A. Herrick's Scientific Mythologies.

A Late, Tired Miscellany 2008