FROM THE LYRICAL POEMS OF ROBERT HERRICK

By Robert Herrick

Arranged with introduction by Francis Turner Palgrave

CONTENTS

PREFACE

C H R Y S O M E L A

PREFATORY

1. THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK

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

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

16. THE COUNTRY LIFE:

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:

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:

35. A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZA WHEELER

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