Selected PoemsCarcanet New Press, 1980 - 90 pagina's Robert Herrick was the great survivor among cavalier poets, and lines and phrases from his work have now passed into the common language. In this book, David Jesson-Dibley collects the best of Herrick's work, revealing the remarkably high quality of his oeuvre. |
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... spring ! 3 Of which sweet swans must drink before they sing Their true - pac'd numbers , and their holy lays , Which makes them worthy cedar and the bays . But why ? why longer do I gaze upon Thee with the eye of admiration ? Since I ...
... spring ! 3 Of which sweet swans must drink before they sing Their true - pac'd numbers , and their holy lays , Which makes them worthy cedar and the bays . But why ? why longer do I gaze upon Thee with the eye of admiration ? Since I ...
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... spring . But on we must , and thither tend , Where Anchus and rich Tullus2 blend Their sacred seed : Thus has infernal Jove decreed ; We must be made , Ere long , a song , ere long , a shade . Why then , since life to us is short ...
... spring . But on we must , and thither tend , Where Anchus and rich Tullus2 blend Their sacred seed : Thus has infernal Jove decreed ; We must be made , Ere long , a song , ere long , a shade . Why then , since life to us is short ...
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... SPRING Fled are the frosts , and now the fields appear Re - cloth'd in fresh and verdant diaper . Thaw'd are the snows , and now the lusty Spring Gives to each mead a neat enamelling . The palms put forth their gems , and every tree Now ...
... SPRING Fled are the frosts , and now the fields appear Re - cloth'd in fresh and verdant diaper . Thaw'd are the snows , and now the lusty Spring Gives to each mead a neat enamelling . The palms put forth their gems , and every tree Now ...
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amber Anacreon Anthea behold Ben Jonson bless blood brave bride Catullus chaste Cheapside Corinna Corinna's going a-Maying cream crown'd crucifixion crystal daffodils dance dead Dean Prior death delight Devon Donne's doth drink ears eternal eyes fair Farewell Fates fire flowers frantic gently give hair haste hear heart Herrick's garden Herrick's note Herrick's poetry Hesperides John Weekes Julia keep kiss lampreys lily live London look looking-glass love's lust lyric maids meet Member of Parliament MISTRESS Muse ne'er night Noble Numbers Nuptial Song o'er once Ovid Perilla pity poems poet primrose Robert Herrick roses sacred Sappho shade shine sing Sir Clipsby Crew smile snow soft soul spring stay sweet tear tell thee thine Thomasin Thou art thou shalt thousand trans-shifting tree true tears unto verse virgins wantonness wassails weep white-thorn wife wind wine y'are