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Subject: HERRICK, ROBERT (1591-1674)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I have found out a gift for my fair
Last Line: Our fossil ancestors in rock!
Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret
Subject(s): Fossils; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


A SELLER OF HERBS (A RHYME OF A BALTIMORE MARKET), by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Black, comely, of abiding cheer
Last Line: And just as full of bees!
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Herbs; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Markets; Poetry & Poets; Supermarkets


ASKING FOR ROSES, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A house that lacks, seemingly, mistress and master
Last Line: And grants us by silence the boon of her roses.
Subject(s): Carpe Diem; Flowers; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets; Roses


CORINNA'S NOT GOING A-MAYING, by GAIL WHITE    Poem Source                    
First Line: I like to sleep late on these fine spring mornings
Last Line: Pack it in, bob. I'm going back to bed
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Man-woman Relationships; Poetry And Poets; Women's Rights


ELECTION TIME, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Gather ye bank-notes while ye may
Last Line: Too soon its brilliant course is run. / its beer will soon stop flowing
Subject(s): "herrick, Robert (1591-1674);poetry & Poets;


FOR A COPY OF HERRICK, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Many days have come and gone
Last Line: And thy numbers are of gold!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Variant Title(s): Verses For A Copy Of Herrick's Poems
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


FOR A FLYLEAF OF HERRICK'S POEMS, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In devon, when the year was new
Last Line: Saved by a snatch of song.
Subject(s): Daffodils; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


HESPERIDES, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If thy soul, herrick, dwelt with me
Last Line: And polished as the bosom of a star.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Hesperides (mythology); Poetry & Poets


IF ROBERT HERRICK HAD BEEN DOROTHY PARKER, by ERIC DIVINE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Gather your roses while you may
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967); Poetry And Poets


INSIGHTS: 6. HESPERIDES, by CATHERINE DAVIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: And must I all die? Herrick, there are tears
Last Line: Let me write well, not weep, and leave it so
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry And Poets


NON CARPE DIEM, by PATRICIA FALK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Enter gently this good day
Last Line: Day will not be seized
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Man-woman Relationships; Poetry And Poets; Women's Rights


ON HIMSELFE (7), by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ile sing no more, nor will I longer write
Last Line: No more my dirges, and my trentalls have.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


ON LADY A -, by NICHOLAS BENTLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Last Line: Tis past recall, although ye thirst %and amorously hunger
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry And Poets


QUATRAIN: HERRICK, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It often chances that the staunchest boat
Last Line: Since herrick launched his cockle-shells of rhyme!
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS: 2. TO THE CHILD JULIA, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Little julia, since that we
Last Line: Like to these we have played o'er, %we'll betake us home-along %hand in hand at evensong
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry And Poets


TO DAFFODILS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O yellow flowers that herrick sung!
Last Line: O yellow flowers!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Daffodils; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


TO HERRICK - A HANDFUL OF HERBS, by LILLIAN BARNES LONG    Poem Text                    
First Line: From rue and mint and rosemary
Last Line: Dear rue, and dearest rosemary.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets; Wellesley College


TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE THE MOST OF TIME, by GAVIN EWART    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now, listen. %I want you new girls, every morning
Last Line: These are the best years of your life. %go to your rooms now. Good night
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry And Poets; Virginity


UPON HIMSELF (4), by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou shalt not all die; for while love's fire shines
Last Line: Fame, and his name, both set, and sing his lyricks.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES, by JAMES CRENNER                       
First Line: Whenas she lately moved from town
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry And Poets


UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES, by EDMUND GEORGE VALPY KNOX    Poem Text                    
First Line: Whenas in furs my julia goes
Last Line: Oh, how their likeness taketh me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Evoe; Knox, E. V.
Subject(s): Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets


WITH A COPY OF HERRICK, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fresh with all airs of woodland brooks
Last Line: Of daffodils.
Subject(s): Daffodils; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Poetry & Poets