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unusual facts about Robert Herrick


Thaïs

Robert Herrick (1591-1674) in "What Kind of Mistress He Would Have" concludes, "Let her Lucrece all day be, Thaïs in the night to me, Be she such as neither will, Famish me, nor overfill."


Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is the first line from the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick.

Poor Robin

The identity of its original author has been disputed, but is assigned as William Winstanley by Sidney Lee, in the Dictionary of National Biography, who dismisses the claim that Robert Herrick wrote it.


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