Robert Herrick

1591–1674

England, 1591–1674. A Cavalier poet and cleric, the most musical of the 17th-century English lyricists; his Hesperides celebrate love, flowers and the passing of time. 'Gather ye rosebuds' is the English carpe diem par excellence. His work is in the public domain.
  • To the Virgins, to make much of Time (1648)