Overview
Making available the full range of Herrick's poetry, this selection includes musings of joyful eroticism, warm observations of rural life, and shrewd epigrams. These poems also demonstrate how Herrick's work is shadowed by an elegiac awareness of mortality and the fragility of beauty.
Author Biography
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century poet and priest. He is the author of Hesperides, a collection of lyric poetry, and Noble Numbers. David Jesson-Dibley is the principal reader for The Professional Author's and Publishers' Association.