Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
To-morrow will be dying.
        (To Virgins, to Make Much of Time, 1-4)

1. Another Grace for a Child
2. The Argument of his Book
3. The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad
4. Corinna's Going a-Maying
5. Delight in Disorder
6. Discontents in Devon
7. His Prayer for Absolution
8. His Prayer to Ben Jonson
9. His Return to London
10. His Wish to God
11. The Night Piece, to Julia
12. An Ode to Ben Jonson
13. A Thanksgiving to God, for his House
14. To Anthea, who may Command him Anything
15. To Daffodils
16. To his Conscience
17. To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses
18. To Virgins, to Make Much of Time
19. Upon Julia's Clothes
20. Upon Parson Beanes
21. Upon the Loss of his Mistresses
22. What Kind of Mistress He would Have
23. When he would have his Verses Read

Biographical information

Given name: Robert
Family name: Herrick
Birth date: 1591
Death date: October 1674
Nationality: English
Family relations
          father: Nicholas Herrick
          mother: Julian Herrick
Languages
          English
          Latin
          Greek
Education
          Westminster School
          St. John's College, Cambridge: 1613
          Trinity Hall, Cambridge (B.A.): 1616 to 1617
          Trinity Hall, Cambridge (M.A.): 1617 to 1620
Politics: Royalist
Literary movement: Cavalier poets
Literary period: Seventeenth century
Occupation: Minister: 2 October 1629
Residences
          London: 1591
          Ashburton, Devonshire: 2 October 1629
          St. Anne's, Westminster, London: 1647
Buried at: Dean Prior, near Ashburton, Devonshire
First RPO edition: 1997