Robert Herrick

It also suggests, albeit discreetly, how smart he was: You'll find in its unpretentiously written pages references to the likes of Max Beerbohm, John Dowland, Robert Herrick, Martin Luther, H.L.

Head of the Nice Guys Club Terry Teachout 2011

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

Charles I, aside from a disastrous attempt to relieve the besieged Huguenots of La Rochelle from French forces in 1627 (a foray in which Suckling and fellow poet Robert Herrick took part), had a noninterventionist policy regarding the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) in Europe.

Pens at the Ready Mark Archer 2011

"People aren't paying close attention like they should," said Robert Herrick, an industrial hygiene expert at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Oil Spill Stirs Study, Debate Over Health Impacts 2010

This little poem by Robert Herrick speaks to many people at once; everyone likes a bit of good luck to alight on their roof.

Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009

It brings to mind the old poem about gathering rosebuds while ye may, and it applies to everyone: “To the Virgins, to make much of Time,” by Robert Herrick.

Archive 2009-09-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

Yes, it is the most awaited ‘To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time’ by Robert Herrick which I find dragging and dreary.

Poetry and the Senses 2009

It brings to mind the old poem about gathering rosebuds while ye may, and it applies to everyone: “To the Virgins, to make much of Time,” by Robert Herrick.

Picnic - 1955 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

Great Regulars: Sweet-minded, mirthful, and sensuous 17th-century poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) composed a Christmas carol (originally for soloists and chorus) that invokes spring instead of winter.

Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009

Great Regulars: Sweet-minded, mirthful, and sensuous 17th-century poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) composed a Christmas carol (originally for soloists and chorus) that invokes spring instead of winter.

Great Regulars: Sweet-minded, mirthful, and sensuous 17th-century Rus Bowden 2009