Metaphysical & Cavalier

Robert Herrick

1591–1674

Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was an English poet and clergyman, the most prolific of the Cavalier poets.

His single vast collection, Hesperides (1648), moves between pagan celebration, courtly love, and country ritual — over a thousand short poems in one book.

Poems (1,150)

To his Muse.
To his Booke.
Another.
Another.
To the soure Reader.
To his Booke.
When he would have his verses read.
Upon Julias Recovery.
To Silvia to wed.
The Parliament of Roses to Julia.
No bashfulnesse in begging.
The Frozen Heart.
To Perilla.
A Song to the Maskers.
To Perenna.
Treason.
Two Things Odious.
To his Mistresses.
The Wounded Heart.
No Loathsomnesse in love.
To Anthea.
The Weeping Cherry.
Soft Musick.
The Difference Betwixt Kings and Subiects.
His Answer to a Question.
Upon Julia's Fall.
Expences Exhaust.
Love what it is.
Presence and Absence.
No Spouse but a Sister.
The Pomander Bracelet.
The shooe tying.
The Carkanet.
His sailing from Julia.
How the Wall-flower came first, and why so called.
Why Flowers change colour.
To his Mistresse objecting to him neither Toying or Talking.
Upon the losse of his Mistresses.
The Dream.
The Vine.
To Love.
On himselfe.
Love's play at Push-pin.
The Rosarie.
Upon Cupid.
The Parcae, or, Three dainty Destinies. The Armilet.
Sorrowes succeed.
Cherry-pit.
To Robin Red-brest.
Discontents in Devon.
To his Paternall Countrey.
Cherrie-ripe.
To his Mistresses.
To Anthea.
The Vision to Electra.
Dreames.
Ambition.
His request to Julia.
Money gets the masterie.
The Scar-fire.
Upon Silvia, a Mistresse.
Cheerfulnesse in Charitie: or, The sweet Sacrifice.
Once poore, still penurious.
Sweetnesse in Sacrifice.
Steame in Sacrifice.
Upon Julia's Voice.
Againe.
All things decay and die.
The succession of the foure sweet months.
No Shipwrack of Vertue. To a friend.
Upon his Sister-in-Law, Mistresse Elizab: Herrick.
Of Love. A Sonet.
To Anthea.
The Rock of Rubies: and The quarrie of Pearls.
Conformitie.
TO THE KING, Upon his comming with his Army into the West.
Upon Roses.
To the King and Queene, upon their unhappy distances.
Dangers wait on Kings.
The Cheat of Cupid: Or, The ungentle guest.
To the reverend shade of his religious Father.
Delight in Disorder.
To his Muse.
Upon Love.
Dean-bourn, a rude River in Devon. by which sometimes he lived.
Kissing Vsurie.
To Julia:
To Laurels.
His Cavalier.
Zeal required in Love.
The Bag of the Bee.
Love kill'd by Lack.
To his Mistresse.
To the generous Reader.
To Criticks.
Duty to Tyrants.
Being once blind, his request to Biancha.
Upon Blanch.
No want where there's little.
Barly-Break: or, Last in Hell.
The Definition of Beauty.
To Dianeme.
To Anthea lying in bed.
To Electra.
A Country life: To his Brother, M. Tho: Herrick.
Divination by a Daffadill.
To the Painter, to draw him a Picture.
Upon Cuffe. Epig.
Upon Fone a School-master. Epig.
A Lyrick to Mirth.
To the Earle of Westmerland.
Against Love.
Upon Julia's Riband.
The frozen Zone: or, Julia disdainfull.
An Epitaph upon a sober Matron.
To the Patron of Poets, M. End: Porter.
The sadnesse of things for Sapho's sicknesse.
Leanders Obsequies.
Hope heartens.
Foure things make us happy here.
His parting from Mrs Dorothy Keneday.
Leanders Obsequies.
Hope heartens.
Foure things make us happy here.
His parting from Mrs Dorothy Keneday.
Upon one Lillie, who marryed with a maid call'd Rose.
An Epitaph upon a child.
Upon Scobble. Epig.
The Houre-glasse.
His fare-well to Sack.
Upon Glasco. Epig.
Upon Mrs. Eliz: Wheeler, under the name of Amarillis.
The Custard.
To Myrrha hard-hearted.
The Eye.
Upon the much lamented, Mr. J. Warr.
Upon Gryll.
The suspition upon his over-much familiarity with a Gentlewoman.
Single life most secure.
The Curse. A Song.
The wounded Cupid. Song.
To Dewes. A Song.
Some comfort in calamity.
The Vision.
Love me little, love me long.
Upon a Virgin kissing a Rose.
Upon a Wife that dyed mad with Jealousie.
Upon the Bishop of Lincolne's Imprisonment.
Disswasions from Idlenesse.
Upon Strut.
An Epithalamie to Sir Thomas Southwell and his Ladie.
Teares are Tongues.
Upon a young mother of many children.
To Electra.
His wish.
His Protestation to Perilla.
Love perfumes all parts.
To Julia.
On himselfe.
Vertue is sensible of suffering.
The cruell Maid.
To Dianeme.
TO THE KING, To cure the Evill.
His misery in a Mistresse.
Upon Jollies wife.
To a Gentlewoman, objecting to him his gray haires.
To Cedars.
Upon Cupid.
How Primroses came green.
To Jos: Lo: Bishop of Exeter.
Upon a black Twist, rounding the Arme of the Countesse of Carlile.
On himselfe.
Upon Pagget.
A Ring presented to Julia.
To the Detracter.
Upon the same.
Julia's Petticoat.
To Musick.
Distrust.
Corinna's going a Maying.
On Julia's breath.
Upon a Child. An Epitaph.
A Dialogue betwixt Horace and Lydia, Translated Anno 1627. and set by Mr. Ro: Ramsey.
The captiv'd Bee: or, The little Filcher.
Upon Prig.
Upon Batt.
An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, upon his Brothers death.
To his dying Brother, Master William Herrick.
The Olive Branch.
Upon Much-more. Epig.
To Cherry-blossomes.
How Lillies came white.
To Pansies.
On Gelli-flowers begotten.
The Lilly in a Christal.
To his Booke.
Upon some women.
Supreme fortune falls soonest.
The Welcome to Sack.
Impossibilities to his friend.
Upon Luggs. Epig.
Upon Gubbs. Epig.
To live merrily, and to trust to Good Verses.
Faire dayes: or, Dawnes deceitfull.
Lips Tonguelesse.
To the Fever, not to trouble Julia.
To Violets.
Upon Bunce. Epig.
To Carnations. A Song.
To the Virgins, to make much of Time.
Safety to look to ones selfe.
To his Friend, on the untuneable Times.
His Poetrie his Pillar.
Safety on the Shore.
A Pastorall upon the birth of Prince Charles, Presented to the King, and Set by Mr. Nic: Laniere.
To the Lark.
The Bubble. A Song.
A Meditation for his Mistresse.
The bleeding hand: or, The sprig of Eglantine given to a maid.
Lyrick for Legacies.
A Dirge upon the Death of the Right Valiant Lord, Bernard Stuart.
To Perenna, a Mistresse.
Great boast, small rost.
Upon a Bleare-ey'd woman.
The Fairie Temple: or, Oberons Chappell. Dedicated to Mr. John Merrifield, Counsellor at Law.
The Temple.
To Mistresse Katherine Bradshaw, the lovely, that crowned him with Laurel.
The Plaudite, or end of life.
To the most vertuous Mistresse Pot, who many times entertained him.
To Musique, to becalme his Fever.
Upon a Gentlewoman with a sweet Voice.
Upon Cupid.
Upon Julia's breasts.
Best to be merry.
The Changes to Corinna.
No Lock against Letcherie.
Neglect.
Upon himselfe.
Upon a Physitian.
Upon Sudds a Laundresse.
To the Rose. Song.
Upon Guesse. Epig.
To his Booke.
Upon a painted Gentlewoman.
Upon a crooked Maid.
Draw Gloves.
To Musick, to becalme a sweet-sick-youth.
To the High and Noble Prince, GEORGE, Duke, Marquesse, and Earle of Buckingham.
His Recantation.
The comming of good luck.
The Present: or, The Bag of the Bee.
On Love.
The Hock-cart, or Harvest home: To the Right Honourable, Mildmay, Earle of Westmorland.
The Perfume.
Upon her Voice.
Not to love.
To Musick. A Song.
To the Western wind.
Upon the death of his Sparrow. An Elegie.
To Primroses fill'd with morning-dew.
How Roses came red.
Comfort to a Lady upon the Death of her Husband.
How Violets came blew.
Upon Groynes. Epig.
To the Willow-tree.
Mrs. Eliz. Wheeler, under the name of the lost Shepardesse.
TO THE KING.
TO THE QUEENE.
The Poets good wishes for the most hopefull and handsome Prince, the Duke of Yorke.
To Anthea, who may command him any thing.
Prevision, or Provision.
Obedience in Subjects.
More potent, lesse peccant.
Upon a maid that dyed the day she was marryed.
Upon Pink an ill-fac'd Painter. Epig.
Upon Brock. Epig.
To Meddowes.
Crosses.
Miseries.
Laugh and lie downe.
To his Houshold gods.
To the Nightingale, and Robin-Red-brest.
To the Yew and Cypresse to grace his Funerall.
I call and I call.
On a perfum'd Lady.
A Nuptiall Song, or Epithalamie, on Sir Clipseby Crew and his Lady.
The silken Snake.
Upon himselfe.
Upon Love.
Reverence to Riches.
Devotion makes the Deity.
To all young men that love.
The Eyes.
No fault in women.
Upon Shark. Epig.
Oberons Feast.
Event of things not in our power.
Vpon her blush.
Merits make the man.
To Virgins.
Vertue.
The Bell-man.
Bashfulnesse.
To the most accomplisht Gentleman, Master Edward Norgate, Clark of the Signet to His Majesty. Epig.
Upon Brudence Baldwin her sicknesse.
To Apollo. A short Hymne.
A Hymne to Bacchus.
Upon Bungie.
On himselfe.
Casualties.
Bribes and Gifts get all.
The end.
Upon a child that dyed.
Upon Sneape. Epig.
Content, not cates.
The Entertainment: or, Porch-verse, at the Marriage of Mr. Hen. Northly, and the most witty Mrs. Lettice Yard.
The good-night or Blessing.
Upon Leech.
To Daffadills.
To a Maid.
Upon a Lady that dyed in child-bed, and left a daughter behind her.
A New-yeares gift sent to Sir Simeon Steward.
Mattens, or morning Prayer.
Evensong.
The Braclet to Julia.
The Christian Militant.
A short Hymne to Larr.
Another to Neptune.
Upon Greedy. Epig.
His embalming to Julia.
Gold, before Goodnesse.
The Kisse. A Dialogue.
The admonition.
To his honoured kinsman Sir William Soame. Epig.
On himselfe.
To Larr.
The departure of the good Demon.
Clemency.
His age, dedicated to his peculiar friend, M. John Wickes, under the name of Posthumus.
A short hymne to Venus.
To a Gentlewoman on just dealing.
The hand and tongue.
Upon a delaying Lady.
To the Lady Mary Villars, Governesse to the Princesse Henretta.
Upon his Julia.
To Flowers.
To my ill Reader.
The power in the people.
A Hymne to Venus, and Cupid.
On Julia's Picture.
Her Bed.
Her Legs.
Upon her Almes.
Rewards.
Nothing new.
The Rainbow.
The meddow verse or Aniversary to Mistris Bridget Lowman.
The parting verse, the feast there ended.
Upon Judith. Epig.
Long and lazie.
Upon Ralph. Epig.
To the right honourable, Philip, Earle of Pembroke, and Montgomerie.
An hymne to Juno.
Upon Mease. Epig.
Upon Sapho, sweetly playing, and sweetly singing.
Upon Paske a Draper.
Chop-Cherry.
To the most learned, wise, and Arch-Antiquary, M. John Selden.
Upon himself.
Upon wrinkles.
Upon Prigg.
Upon Moon.
Pray and prosper.
His Lacrimee or Mirth, turn'd to mourning.
Upon Shift.
Upon Cuts.
Gain and Gettings.
To the most fair and lovely Mistris, Anne Soame, now Lady Abdie.
Upon his kinswoman Mistris Elizabeth Herrick.
A Panegerick to Sir Lewis Pemberton.
To his Valentine, on S. Valentines day.
Upon Doll. Epig.
(untitled)
Upon Linnit. Epig.
Upon M. Ben. Johnson. Epig.
Another.
To his Nephew, to be prosperous in his art of Painting.
Upon Glasse. Epig.
A Vow to Mars.
To his Maid Prew.
A Canticle to Apollo.
A just man.
Upon a hoarse Singer.
How Pansies or Hart-case came first.
To his peculiar friend Sir Edward Fish, Knight Baronet.
Larr's portion, and the Poets part.
Upon man.
Liberty.
Lots to be liked.
Griefes.
Upon Eeles. Epig.
The Dreame.
Upon Raspe Epig.
Upon Center a Spectacle-maker with a flat nose.
Clothes do but cheat and cousen us.
To Dianeme.
Upon Electra.
To his Booke.
Of Love.
Upon himself.
Another.
Upon Skinns. Epig.
Upon Pievish. Epig.
Upon Jolly and Jilly, Epig.
The mad Maids song.
To Springs and Fountains.
Upon Julia's unlacing her self.
To Bacchus, a Canticle.
The Lawne.
The Frankincense.
Upon Patrick a footman, Epig.
Upon Bridget. Epig.
To Sycamores.
A Pastorall sung to the King: Montano, Silvio, and Mirtillo, Shepheards.
The Poet loves a Mistresse, but not to marry.
Upon Flimsey. Epig.
Upon Shewbread. Epig.
The Willow Garland.
A Hymne to Sir Clipseby Crew.
Upon Roots. Epig.
Upon Craw.
Observation.
Empires.
Felicity, quick of flight.
Putrefaction.
Passion.
Jack and Jill.
Upon Parson Beanes.
The crowd and company.
Short and long both likes.
Pollicie in Princes.
Upon Rook, Epig.
Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast.
To Daisies, not to shut so soone.
Oberons Palace.
To his peculiar friend Master Thomas Shapcott, Lawyer.
To Julia in the Temple.
To Oenone.
His weaknesse in woes.
Fame makes us forward.
To Groves.
An Epitaph upon a Virgin.
To the right gratious Prince, Lodwick, Duke of Richmond and Lenox.
To Jealousie.
To live Freely.
Upon Spunge. Epig.
His Almes.
Upon himself.
To enjoy the Time.
Upon Love.
To the right Honourable Mildmay, Earle of Westmorland..
The Plunder.
Littlenesse no cause of Leannesse.
Upon one who said she was alwayes young.
Upon Huncks. Epig.
The Jimmall Ring, or True-love-knot.
The parting Verse, or charge to his supposed Wife when he travelled.
To his Kinsman, Sir Tho. Soame.
To Blossoms.
Mans dying-place uncertain.
Nothing Free-cost.
Few fortunate.
To Perenna.
To the Ladyes.
The old Wives Prayer.
Upon a cheap Laundresse. Epig.
Upon his departure hence.
The Wassaile.
Vpon a Lady faire, but fruitlesse.
How Springs came first.
To Rosemary and Baies.
Upon Skurffe.
Upon a Scarre in a Virgins Face.
Upon his eye-sight failing him.
To his worthy Friend, M. Tho. Falconbirge.
Upon Julia's haire fill'd with Dew.
Another on her.
Losse from the least.
Reward and punishments.
Shame, no Statist.
To Sir Clisebie Crew.
Upon himselfe.
Fresh Cheese and Cream.
An Eclogue, or Pastorall between Endimion Porter and Lycidas Herrick,, set and sung.
To a Bed of Tulips.
A Caution.
To the Water Nymphs, drinking at the Fountain.
To his Honoured Kinsman, Sir Richard Stone.
Upon a Flie.
Upon Jack and Jill. Epig.
To Julia.
To Mistresse Dorothy Parsons.
Upon Parrat.
How he would drinke his Wine.
How Marigolds came yellow.
The broken Christall.
Precepts.
To the right Honourable Edward Earle of Dorset.
Upon himself.
Hope well and Have well: or, Faire after Foule weather.
Upon Love.
To his Kinswoman, Mrs. Penelope Wheeler.
Another upon her.
Kissing and bussing..
Crosse and Pile.
To the Lady Crew, upon the death of her Child.
His Winding-sheet.
To Mistresse Mary Willand.
Change gives content.
Upon Magot a frequenter of Ordinaries.
On himselfe.
Fortune favours.
To Phillis to love, and live with him.
To his Kinswoman, Mistresse Susanna Herrick.
Upon Mistresse Susanna Southwell her cheeks.
Upon her Eyes.
Upon her feet.
To his honoured friend, Sir John Mince.
Vpon his gray haires.
Accusation.
Pride allowable in Poets.
A Vow to Minerva.
On Jone.
Upon Letcher. Epig.
Upon Dundrige.
To Electra.
Discord not disadvantageous.
Ill Government.
To Marygolds.
To Dianeme.
To Julia, the Flaminica Dialis, or Queen-Priest.
Anacreontike.
Meat without mirth.
Large Bounds doe but bury us.
Upon Ursley.
An Ode to Sir Clipsebie Crew.
To his worthy Kinsman, Mr. Stephen Soame.
To his Tomb-maker.
Great Spirits supervive.
None free from fault.
Upon himselfe being buried.
Pitie to the prostrate.
Way in a crowd.
His content in the Country.
The credit of the Conquerer.
On himselfe.
Upon one-ey'd Broomsted. Epig.
The Fairies.
To his honoured friend, M. John Weare, Councellour.
The Watch.
Lines have their Linings, and Bookes their Buckram.
Art above Nature, to Julia.
Upon Sibilla.
Upon his kinswoman Mistresse Bridget Herrick.
Upon Love.
Upon a comely, and curious Maide.
Upon the losse of his Finger.
Upon Irene.
Upon Electra's Teares.
Upon Tooly.
A Hymne to the Graces.
To Silvia.
Upon Blanch. Epig.
Upon Vmber. Epig.
The Poet hath lost his pipe.
True Friendship.
The Apparition of his Mistresse calling him to Elizium.
Life is the Bodies Light.
Vpon Urles. Epig.
Vpon Franck.
Love lightly pleased.
The Primrose.
The Tythe. To the Bride.
A Frolick.
Change common to all.
To Julia.
No luck in Love.
In the darke none dainty.
A charme, or an allay for Love.
Upon a free Maid, with a foule breath.
Upon Coone. Epig.
To his Brother in Law Master John Wingfield.
The Head-ake.
On himselfe.
Upon a Maide.
Vpon Spalt.
Of Horne a Comb-maker.
Vpon the trouble some times.
Cruelty base in Commanders.
Vpon a fowre-breath Lady. Epig.
Upon Lucia.
Little and loud.
Ship-wrack.
Paines without profit.
To his Booke.
His Prayer to Ben. Johnson.
Poverty and Riches.
Again.
The Covetous still Captives.
Lawes.
Of Love.
Upon Cock.
To his Muse.
The bad season makes the Poet sad.
To Vulcan.
Like Pattern, like People.
Purposes.
To the Maids to walke abroad.
His own Epitaph.
A Nuptiall Verse to Mistresse Elizabeth Lee, now Lady Tracie.
The Night-piece, to Julia.
To Sir Cilpseby Crew.
Good Luck not lasting.
A Kisse.
Glorie.
Poets.
No despight to the dead.
To his Verses.
His charge to Julia at his death.
Upon Love.
The Coblers Catch.
Upon Bran. Epig.
Upon Snare, an Usurer.
Upon Grudgings.
Chorus Sacerdotum.
Chorus Juvenum.
Chorus Senum.
Chorus Virginum.
Chorus Pastorum.
Chorus Matronarum.
Chorus Senum.
Chorus Virginum.
Chorus Fuvenum.
Chorus omnium.
To his lovely Mistresses.
Upon Love.
Upon Gander. Epig.
Upon Lungs. Epig.
The Beggar to Mab, the Fairie Queen.
An end decreed.
Upon a child.
Painting sometimes permitted.
Farwell Frost, or welcome the Spring.
The Hag.
Upon an old man a Residenciarie.
Upon Teares.
Physitians.
The Primitiae to Parents.
Upon Cob. Epig.
Upon Lucie. Epig.
Upon Skoles. Epig.
To Silvia.
To his Closet-Gods.
A Bacchanalian Verse.
Long lookt for comes at last.
To Youth.
Never too late to dye.
A Hymne to the Muses.
On himselfe.
Upon Jone and Jane.
To Momus.
Ambition.
To Electra.
To his worthy friend, M. Arthur Bartly.
What kind of Mistresse he would have.
Upon Zelot.
The Rosemaire branch.
Upon Madam Ursly, Epig.
Upon Crab, Epigr.
A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse, to his friend, M. John Wicks.
Once seen, and no more.
Love.
To M. Denham, on his Prospective Poem.
A Hymne, to the Lares.
Deniall in women no disheartning to men.
Adversity.
To Fortune.
To Anthea.
Cruelties.
Perseverance.
Upon his Verses.
Distance betters Dignities.
Health.
To Dianeme. A Ceremonie in Glocester.
To the King.
The Funerall Rites of the Rose.
The Rainbow: or curious Covenant.
The last stroke strike sure.
Fortune.
Stool-ball.
To Sappho.
On Poet Prat, Epigr.
Upon Tuck, Epigr.
Biting of Beggars.
The May-pole.
Men mind no state in sicknesse.
Adversity.
Want.
Griefe.
Love palpable.
No action hard to affection.
Meane things overcome mighty.
Upon Trigg, Epig.
Vpon Smeaton.
The Bracelet of Pearle: to Silvia.
How Roses came red.
Kings.
First work, and then wages.
Teares, and Laughter.
Glory.
Possessions.
Laxare fibulam.
His returne to London.
Not every day fit for Verse.
Poverty the greatest pack.
A Beucolick, or discourse of Neatherds.
True safety.
A Prognostick.
Upon Julia's sweat.
Proof to no purpose.
Fame.
By use comes easinesse.
To the Genius of his house.
His Grange, or private wealth.
Good precepts, or counsell.
Money makes the mirth.
Up tailes all.
Upon Franck.
Upon Lucia dabled in the deaw.
Charon and Phylomel, a Dialogue sung.
Upon Paul. Epigr.
Upon Sibb. Epigr.
A Ternarie of littles, upon a pipkin of Jellie sent to a Lady.
Upon the Roses in Julias bosome.
Maids nay's are nothing.
The smell of the Sacrifice.
Lovers how they come and part.
To women, to hide their teeth, if they be rotten or rusty.
In praise of women.
The Apron of Flowers.
The Candor of Julias teeth.
Upon her weeping.
Another upon her weeping.
Delay.
To Sir John Berkley, Governour of Exeter.
To Electra. Love looks for Love.
Regression spoiles Resolution.
Contention.
Consultation.
Love dislikes nothing.
Our own sinnes unseen.
No Paines, no Gaines.
Upon Slouch.
Vertue best united.
The eye.
To Prince Charles upon his coming to Exeter.
A Song.
Princes and Favourites.
Examples, or like Prince, like People.
Potentates.
The Wake.
The Peter-penny.
To Doctor Alablaster.
Upon his Kinswoman Mrs. M. S.
Felicitie knowes no Fence.
Death ends all woe.
A Conjuration, to Electra.
Courage cool'd.
The Spell.
His wish to privacie.
A good Husband.
A Hymne to Bacchus.
Upon Pusse and her Prentice. Epig.
Blame the reward of Princes.
Clemency in Kings.
Anger.
A Psalme or Hymne to the Graces.
An Hymne to the Muses.
Upon Julia's Clothes.
Moderation.
To Anthea.
Upon Prew his Maid.
The Invitation.
Ceremonies for Christmasse.
Christmasse-Eve, another Ceremonie.
Another to the Maids.
Another.
Power and Peace.
To his deare Valentine, Mistresse Margaret Falconbrige.
To Oenone.
Verses.
Happinesse.
Things of choice, long a comming.
Poetry perpetuates the Poet.
Upon Bice.
Vpon Trencherman.
Kisses.
Orpheus.
Upon Comely a good speaker but an ill singer, Epig.
Any way for wealth.
Upon an old Woman.
Upon Pearch. Epig.
To Sapho.
To his faithfull friend, Master John Crofts, Cup-bearer to the King.
The Bride-Cake.
To be merry.
Buriall.
Lenitie.
Penitence.
Griefe.
The Maiden-blush.
The Meane.
Haste hurtfull.
Purgatory.
The Cloud.
Upon Loach.
The Amber Bead.
To my dearest Sister M. Mercie Herrick.
The Transfiguration.
Suffer that thou canst not shift.
To the Passenger.
Upon Nodes.
TO THE KING, Upon his taking of Leicester.
To Julia, in her Dawn, or Day-breake.
Counsell.
Bad Princes pill their People.
Most Words, lesse Workes.
To Dianeme.
Upon Tap.
His Losse.
Draw, and Drinke.
Upon Punchin. Epig.
To Oenone.
Upon Blinks. Epig.
Upon Adam Peapes. Epig.
To Electra.
To Mistresse Amie Potter.
Upon a Maide.
Upon Love.
Beauty.
Upon Love.
Upon Hanch a Schoolmaster. Epig.
Upon Peason. Epig.
To his Booke.
Readinesse.
Writing.
Society.
Upon a Maid.
Satisfaction for sufferings.
The delaying Bride.
To M. Henry Lawes, the excellent Composer of his Lyricks.
Age unfit for Love.
The Bed-man, or Grave-maker.
To Anthea.
Need.
To Julia.
On Julias lips.
Twilight.
To his Friend, Master J. Jincks.
On himselfe.
Kings and Tyrants.
Crosses.
Upon Love.
No difference i'th'dark.
The Body.
To Sapho.
Out of Time, out of Tune.
To his Booke.
To his Honour'd friend, Sir Thomas Heale.
The Sacrifice, by way of Discourse betwixt himselfe and Julia.
To Apollo.
On Love.
Another.
An Hymne to Cupid.
To Electra.
How his soule came ensnared.
Factions.
Kisses Loathsome.
Upon Reape.
Upon Teage.
Upon Julia's haire, bundled up in a golden net.
Upon Truggin.
The showre of Blossomes.
Upon Spenke.
A defence for Women.
Vpon Lulls.
Slavery.
Charmes.
Another.
Another to bring in the Witch.
Another Charme for Stables.
Ceremonies for Candlemasse Eve.
The Ceremonies for Candlemasse day.
Upon Candlemasse day.
Surfeits.
Upon Nis.
To Biancha, to blesse him.
Julia's Churching, or Purification.
To his Book.
Teares.
To his friend to avoid contention of words.
Truth.
Upon Prickles. Epig.
The Eyes before the Eares.
Want.
To a Friend.
Upon M. William Lawes, the rare Musitian.
A song upon Silvia.
The Hony-combe.
Vpon Ben. Johnson.
An Ode for him.
Vpon a Virgin.
Blame.
A request to the Graces.
Upon himselfe.
Multitude.
Feare.
To M. Kellam.
Happinesse to hospitalitie, or a hearty wish to good house-keeping.
Cunctation in Correction.
Present Government grievous.
Rest Refreshes.
Revenge.
The first marrs or makes.
Beginning, difficult.
Faith four-square.
The present time best pleaseth.
Cloathes, are conspirators.
Cruelty.
Faire after foule.
Hunger.
Bad wages for good service.
The End.
The Bondman.
Choose for the best.
To Silvia.
Faire shewes deceive.
His wish.
Upon Julia's washing her self in the river.
A Meane in our Meanes.
Upon Clunn.
Upon Cupid.
Vpon Blisse.
Vpon Burr.
Vpon Megg.
An Hymne to Love.
To his honoured and most Ingenious friend Mr. Charles Cotton.
Women uselesse.
Love is a sirrup.
Leven.
Repletion.
On Himselfe.
No man without Money.
On Himselfe.
To M. Leonard Willan his peculiar friend.
To his worthy friend M. John Hall, Student of Grayes-Inne.
To Julia.
To the most comely and proper M. Elizabeth Finch.
Upon Ralph.
To his Booke.
TO THE KING, Upon his welcome to Hampton-Court. Set and Sung.
Ultimus Heroum: OR, To the most learned, and to the right Honourable, Henry, Marquesse of Dorchester.
To his Muse, another to the same.
Vpon Vineger.
Vpon Mudge.
To his learned friend M. Jo. Harmar, Phisitian to the Colledge of Westminster.
Upon his Spaniell Tracie.
The deluge.
Upon Lupes.
Raggs.
Strength to support Soveraignty.
Upon Tubbs.
Crutches.
To Julia.
Upon Case.
To Perenna.
To his Sister in Law, M. Susanna Herrick.
Upon the Lady Crew.
On Tomasin Parsons.
Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve.
Suspicion makes secure.
Upon Spokes.
To his kinsman M. Tho: Herrick, who desired to be in his Book.
A Bucolick betwixt Two: Lacon and Thyrsis.
Upon Sapho.
Upon Faunus.
The Quintell.
A Bachanalian Verse.
Care a good keeper.
Rules for our reach.
To Biancha.
To the handsome Mistresse Grace Potter.
Anacreontike.
More modest, more manly.
Not to covet much where tittle is the charge.
Anacrontick Verse.
Upon Pennie.
Patience in Princes.
Feare gets force.
Parcell-gil't-Poetry.
Upon Love, by way of question and answer.
To the Lord Hopton, on his fight in Cornwall.
His Grange.
Leprosie in houses.
Good manners at meat.
Anthea's Retractation.
Comforts in Crosses.
Seeke and finde.
Rest.
Leprosie in Cloathes.
Upon Buggins.
Great Maladies, long Medicines.
His Answer to a friend.
The Begger.
Bastards.
His change.
The Vision.
A vow to Venus.
On his Booke.
A sonnet of Perilla.
Bad may be better.
Posting to Printing.
Rapine brings Ruine.
Comfort to a youth that had lost his Love.
Upon Boreman. Epig.
Saint Distaffs day, or the morrow after Twelth day.
Sufferance.
His teares to Thamasis.
Pardons.
Peace not Permanent.
Truth and Errour.
Things mortall still mutable.
Studies to be supported.
Wit punisht, prospers most.
Twelfe night, or King and Queene.
His desire.
Caution in Councell.
Moderation.
Advice the best actor.
Conformity is comely.
Lawes.
The meane.
Like loves his like.
His hope or sheat-Anchor.
Comfort in Calamity.
Twilight.
False Mourning.
The will makes the work, or consent makes the Cure.
Diet.
Smart.
The Tinkers Song.
His Comfort.
Sincerity.
To Anthea.
Nor buying or selling.
To his peculiar friend M. Jo: Wicks.
The more mighty, the more mercifull.
After Autumne, Winter.
A good death.
Recompence.
On Fortune.
To Sir George Parrie, Doctor of the Civill Law.
Charmes.
Another.
Another.
Upon Gorgonius.
Gentlenesse.
A Dialogue betwixt himselfe and Mistresse Eliza: Wheeler, under the name of Amarillis.
To Julia.
To Roses in Julia's Bosome.
To the Honoured, Master Endimion Porter.
Speake in season.
Obedience.
Another on the same.
Of Love.
Upon Trap.
Vpon Grubs.
Upon Dol.
Upon Hog.
The School or Perl of Putney, the Mistress of all singular manners, Mistresse Portman.
To Perenna.
On himselfe.
On Love.
Another on Love.
Upon Gut.
Upon Chub.
Pleasures Pernicious.
On himself.
To M. Laurence Swetnaham.
His Covenant or Protestation to Julia.
On himselfe.
To the most accomplisht Gentleman Master Michael Oulsworth.
To his Girles who would have him sportfull.
Truth and falsehood.
His last request to Julia.
On himselfe.
Vpon Kings.
To his Girles.
Upon Spur.
To his Brother Nicolas Herrick.
The Voice and Violl.
Warre.
A King and no King.
Plots not still prosperous.
Flatterie.
Upon Rumpe.
Upon Shopter.
Vpon Deb.
Excesse.
Upon Croot.
The soul is the salt.
Vpon Flood, or a thankfull man.
Upon Pimpe.
Upon Luske.
Foolishnesse.
Upon Rush.
Abstinence.
No danger to men desperate.
Sauce for sorrowes.
To Cupid.
Distrust.
The Hagg.
The mount of the Muses.
On Himselfe.
To his Booke.
The end of his worke.
To Crowne it.
On Himselfe.
The pillar of Fame.
(untitled)
Jephthah's Daughter
Eternitie
A Child's Grace
Litany to the Holy Spirit
The Argument of his Book.
Upon Time.
A Thanksgiving to God for his House.
The White Island: or, Place of the Blest.
To Keep a True Lent.
Upon Master Fletcher's Incomparable Plays.

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