About Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican 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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Occupation: poet, writer, Catholic priest

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Robert Herrick

English poet and cleric (1591–1674)

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Occupation: poet, writer, Catholic priest

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Kingdom of England

Born

August 24, 1591, 1591

Died

October 1674, October 12, 1674, 1674

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