Robert Herrick
English poet
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Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye... Wikipedia
Born: August 24, 1591, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 1674 (age 83 years), Dean Prior, United Kingdom
Parents: Nicholas Herrick and Julia Stone
Language: Early Modern English
Notable works: "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"; Hesperides
