Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
1648
Francis Turner Palgrave's selection from Herrick, published as Chrysomela in 1877: two hundred and sixty-one lyrics from the Hesperides and Noble Numbers, Gather ye rosebuds among them, grouped by theme from Idyllica to Musae Graviores, with Palgrave's introduction.
- Arranged with introduction by Francis Turner Palgrave
- Preface
- C H R Y S O M E L A
- Prefatory
- 2. To His Muse
- 3. When He Would Have His Verses Read
- 4. To His Book
- 5. To His Book
- 6. To His Book
- 7. To Mistress Katharine Bradshaw, the Lovely, That Crowned Him with Laurel
- 8. To His Verses
- 9. Not Every Day Fit for Verse
- 10. His Prayer to Ben Jonson
- 11. His Request to Julia
- 12. To His Book
- 13. His Poetry His Pillar
- 14. To His Book
- 15. Upon Himself
- Idyllica
- 17. To Phillis, to Love and Live with Him
- 18. The Wassail
- 19. The Fairies
- 20. Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve
- 21. Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
- 22. The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
- 23. Farewell Frost, or Welcome Spring
- 24. To the Maids, to Walk Abroad
- 25. Corina's Going a Maying
- 26. The Maypole
- 27. The Wake
- 28. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland
- 29. The Bride-Cake
- 30. The Old Wives' Prayer
- 31. The Bell-Man
- 33. To the Genius of His House
- 33. His Grange, or Private Wealth
- 34. A Pastoral upon the Birth of Prince Charles: Presented to the King, and Set by Mr Nic. Laniere
- 35. A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, Under the Name of Amarillis
- 36. A Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis
- 37. A Pastoral Sung to the King
- 38. To the Willow-Tree
- 39. The Fairy Temple; Or, Oberon's Chapel
- 40. Oberon's Feast
- 41. The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen
- 42. The Hag
- 43. The Mad Maid's Song
- 44. The Cheat of Cupid; Or, the Ungentle Guest
- 45. Upon Cupid
- 46. To Be Merry
- 47. Upon His Gray Hairs
- 48. An Hymn to the Muses
- 49. The Coming of Good Luck
- 50. His Content in the Country
- 51. His Return to London
- 52. His Desire
- 53. An Ode for Ben Jonson
- 54. To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses
- 55. The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium
- 56. The Invitation
- 57. To Sir Clipsby Crew
- 58. A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick
- 59. To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 60. A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 61. To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend Mr Charles Cotton
- 62. A New Year's Gift, Sent to Sir Simeon Steward
- 63. An Ode to Sir Clipsby Crew
- 64. A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton
- 65. All Things Decay and Die
- 66. To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick
- 67. His Age
- 68. The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad
- 69. On Himself
- 70. His Winding-Sheet
- 71. Anacreontic
- 72. To Laurels
- 73. On Himself
- 74. On Himself
- 75. To Robin Red-Breast
- 76. The Olive Branch
- 77. The Plaudite, or End of Life
- 78. To Groves
- Amores
- 80. A Vow to Venus
- 81. Upon Love
- 82. Upon Julia's Clothes
- 83. The Bracelet to Julia
- 84. Upon Julia's Ribbon
- 85. To Julia
- 86. Art Above Nature: to Julia
- 87. Her Bed
- 88. The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls
- 89. The Parliament of Roses to Julia
- 90. Upon Julia's Recovery
- 91. Upon Julia's Hair Filled with Dew
- 92. Cherry Ripe
- 93. The Captive Bee; Or, the Little Filcher
- 94. Upon Roses
- 95. How His Soul Came Ensnared
- 96. Upon Julia's Voice
- 97. The Night Piece: to Julia
- 98. His Covenant or Protestation to Julia
- 99. His Sailing from Julia
- 100. His Last Request to Julia
- 101. The Transfiguration
- 102. Love Dislikes Nothing
- 103. Upon Love
- 104. To Dianeme
- 105. To Perenna
- 106. To Oenone
- 107. To Electra
- 108. To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing
- 109. Anthea's Retractation
- 110. Love Lightly Pleased
- 111. To Dianeme
- 112. Upon Her Eyes
- 113. Upon Her Feet
- 114. Upon a Delaying Lady
- 115. The Cruel Maid
- 116. To His Mistress, Objecting to Him Neither Toying or Talking
- 117. Impossibilities: to His Friend
- 118. The Bubble: a Song
- 119. Delight in Disorder
- 120. To Silvia
- 121. To Silvia to Wed
- 122. Barley-Break; Or, Last in Hell
- 123. On a Perfumed Lady
- 124. The Parcae; Or, Three Dainty Destinies: the Armilet
- 125. A Conjuration: to Electra
- 126. To Sapho
- 127. Of Love: a Sonnet
- 128. To Dianeme
- 129. To Dianeme
- 130. Kissing Usury
- 131. Upon the Loss of His Mistresses
- 132. The Wounded Heart
- 133. His Mistress to Him at His Farewell
- 134. Crutches
- 135. To Anthea
- 136. To Anthea
- 137. To His Lovely Mistresses
- 138. To Perilla
- 139. A Meditation for His Mistress
- 140. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
- Epigrams
- 142. His Loss
- 143. Things Mortal Still Mutable
- 144. No Man Without Money
- 145. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
- 146. Want
- 147. Satisfaction for Sufferings
- 148. Writing
- 149. The Definition of Beauty
- 150. A Mean in Our Means
- 151. Money Makes the Mirth
- 152. Tears and Laughter
- 153. Upon Tears
- 154. On Love
- 155. Peace Not Permanent
- 156. Pardons
- 157. Truth and Error
- 158. Wit Punished Prospers Most
- 159. Burial
- 160. No Pains, No Gains
- 161. To Youth
- 162. To Enjoy the Time
- 163. Felicity Quick of Flight
- 164. Mirth
- 165. The Heart
- 166. Love, What It Is
- 167. Dreams
- 168. Ambition
- 169. Safety on the Shore
- 170. Upon a Painted Gentlewoman
- 171. Upon Wrinkles
- 172. Casualties
- 173. To Live Freely
- 174. Nothing Free-Cost
- 175. Man's Dying-Place Uncertain
- 176. Loss from the Least
- 177. Poverty and Riches
- 178. Upon Man
- 179. Purposes
- 180. Four Things Make Us Happy Here
- 181. The Watch
- 182. Upon the Detracter
- 183. On Himself
- Nature and Life
- 185. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
- 186. To Blossoms
- 187. The Shower of Blossoms
- 188. To the Rose: Song
- 189. The Funeral Rites of the Rose
- 190. The Bleeding Hand; or the Sprig of Eglantine Given to a Maid
- 191. To Carnations: a Song
- 192. To Pansies
- 193. How Pansies or Hearts-Ease Came First
- 194. Why Flowers Change Colour
- 195. The Primrose
- 196. To Primroses Filled with Morning Dew
- 197. To Daisies, Not to Shut So Soon
- 198. To Daffadils
- 199. To Violets
- 200. The Apron of Flowers
- 201. The Lily in a Crystal
- 202. To Meadows
- 203. To a Gentlewoman, Objecting to Him His Gray Hairs
- 204. The Changes: to Corinna
- 205. Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, Under the Name of Amarillis
- 206. No Fault in Women
- 207. The Bag of the Bee
- 208. The Present; Or, the Bag of the Bee
- 209. To the Water-Nymphs Drinking at the Fountain
- 210. How Springs Came First
- 211. To the Handsome Mistress Grace Potter
- 212. A Hymn to the Graces
- 213. A Hymn to Love
- 214. Upon Love: by Way of Question and Answer
- 215. Lovers How They Come and Part
- 216. The Kiss: a Dialogue
- 217. Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love
- 218. Orpheus
- 219. A Request to the Graces
- 220. A Hymn to Venus and Cupid
- 221. To Bacchus: a Canticle
- 222. A Hymn to Bacchus
- 223. A Canticle to Apollo
- 224. To Music, to Becalm a Sweet Sick Youth
- 225. To Music: a Song
- 226. Soft Music
- 227. To Music
- 228. The Voice and Viol
- 229. To Music, to Becalm His Fever
- Musae Graviores
- 231. Matins, or Morning Prayer
- 232. Good Precepts, or Counsel
- 233. Pray and Prosper
- 234. The Bell-Man
- 235. Upon Time
- 236. Men Mind No State in Sickness
- 237. Life Is the Body's Light
- 238. To the Lady Crewe, upon the Death of Her Child
- 239. Upon a Child That Died
- 240. Upon a Child
- 241. An Epitaph upon a Child
- 242. An Epitaph upon a Virgin
- 243. Upon a Maid
- 244. The Dirge of Jephthah's Daughter: Sung by the Virgins
- 245. The Widows' Tears; Or, Dirge of Dorcas
- 246. Upon His Sister-In-Law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
- 247. To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
- 248. On Himself
- 249. His Wish to Privacy
- 250. To His Paternal Country
- 251. Cock-Crow
- 252. To His Conscience
- 253. To Heaven
- 254. An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour
- 255. To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child
- 256. Grace for a Child
- 257. His Litany, to the Holy Spirit
- 258. To Death
- 259. To His Sweet Saviour
- 260. Eternity
- 261. The White Island: or Place of the Blest