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Robert Ye Herrick Poet Divine Herrick (Baptised August 1591–Buried

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Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591–buried 15 October 1674)[1] was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".

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