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Robert Herrick was born in London, England, in 1591. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith (his uncle, Sir William), but went to Cambridge, at St John's, in 1613. He was ordained at Peterborough in 1623 and became chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham a few years later. "Hesperides" - a collection of 1200 lyrical poems - was published in 1648 and it remained his magnum opus. Herrick died in 1674, aged 83.

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Mirth
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The kiss: a dialogue
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Peace not permanent
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The hock-cart, or harvest home:to the right honourable mildmay, earl of westmorland
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A thanksgiving to god, for his house
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Crutches
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Upon julia'S ribbon
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Upon his sister-in-law, mistress elizabethherrick
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His Meditation Upon Death
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Divination By A Daffodil
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No fault in women
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The bleeding hand; or the sprig of eglantine given to a maid
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The Vision
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What Kind Of Mistress He Would Have
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Upon julia'S hair filled with dew
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The changes: to corinna
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To the willow-tree
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To the virgins, to make much of time
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The shower of blossoms
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To his kinswoman, mistress susanna herrick
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To heaven
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Upon man
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The definition of beauty
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A Child's Grace
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On Julia's Voice
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