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Robert Herrick was born in London, England, in 1591. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith (his uncle, Sir William), but went to Cambridge, at St John's, in 1613. He was ordained at Peterborough in 1623 and became chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham a few years later. "Hesperides" - a collection of 1200 lyrical poems - was published in 1648 and it remained his magnum opus. Herrick died in 1674, aged 83.

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Upon The Nipples Of Julia's Breast
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Of love: a sonnet
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Delight in disorder
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His mistress to him at his farewell
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The olive branch
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Not every day fit for verse
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Sweet Disorder
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The apron of flowers
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The bag of the bee
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To sir clipsby crew
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When he would have his verses read
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Men mind no state in sickness
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To oenone.
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Upon the loss of his mistresses
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Upon love
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Upon roses
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To mistress katharine bradshaw, the lovely, that crowned him with laurel
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His Prayer For Absolution
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The primrose
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On himself
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Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself
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The parcae; or, three dainty destinies:the armilet
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To death
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Good precepts, or counsel
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His covenant or protestation to julia
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