Herrick

Famous quotes containing the word herrick:

“We die,
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer’s rain;
Or as the pearls of morning’s dew”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

“Then, lastly, let some weekly strewings be
Devoted to the memory of me:
Then shall my ghost not walk about, but keep
Still in the cool and silent shades of sleep.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

“Where we such clusters had,
As made us nobly wild, not mad;
And yet each verse of thine
Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)