Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric best known for his graceful, sensuous verse and the collection "Hesperides."

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Robert Herrick canonical 4

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instanceOf Anglican cleric
English writer
human
lyric poet
poet
activeInCentury 17th century
associatedWith Ben Jonson
birthDate 1591-08-24
birthPlace Cheapside, City of London
surface form: Cheapside, London, England
collectionContains Hesperides includes Noble Numbers as its religious section
countryOfCitizenship England
deathDate 1674-10-15
deathPlace Dean Prior, Devon, England
educatedAt St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Trinity Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED
endTime 1647
father Nicholas Herrick
genre lyric poetry
religious poetry
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryTheme carpe diem
love
nature
religion
memberOf Sons of Ben
militaryService served as chaplain in the Duke of Buckingham's expedition to the Île de Ré
movement Cavalier poetry
surface form: Cavalier poets
name Robert Herrick self-link
neverMarried true
notableWork Hesperides
Noble Numbers
occupation clergyman
poet
parish Dean Prior, Devon
positionHeld vicar of Dean Prior
publicationDateOf Hesperides, 1648
religion Anglicanism
returnedToParish 1662
sibling Thomas Herrick
startTime 1629
style classical allusion
graceful
sensuous
wrotePoem Corinna's Going a-Maying
Delight in Disorder
To Daffodils
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Upon Julia's Clothes

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Anacreontic poets hasNotableMember Robert Herrick
Cavalier poetry hasNotablePractitioner Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick name Robert Herrick self-link