Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

The Rating of Robert Herrick's Poems

1. The Mad Maid's Song
2. Ceremonies for Christmas
3. To Electra
4. The Argument of His Book
5. Nothing Free-cost
6. Ambition
7. Burial
8. To the Ladyes
9. Money Makes the Mirth
10. Safety on the Shore
11. Truth and Error
12. The Crowd and Company
13. The Bell-Man
14. Poverty and Riches
15. Peace not Permanent
16. Upon a Virgin Kissing a Rose
17. Pardons
18. Dreams
19. Crutches
20. Cherry-Ripe
21. Grace for a Child
22. A Lyric to Mirth
23. To Daffodils
24. To His Girls
25. Another
26. Departure of the Good Daemon
27. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast
28. Kissing Usury
29. His Return to London
30. Upon Ben Jonson
31. To Blossoms
32. To Virgins, to Make Much of Time
33. His Farewell to Sack
34. An Ode to Ben Jonson
35. Litany to the Holy Spirit
36. What Kind of Mistress He Would Have
37. A Conjuration to Electra
38. The Rosary
39. To Meadows
40. The Invitation
41. His Covenant or Protestation to Julia
42. An Hymn to the Muses
43. To Dianeme (Give me one kiss)
44. The Wounded Cupid
45. Delight in Disorder
46. Corinna's Going A-Maying
47. Neutrality Loathsome
48. Discontents in Devon
49. The Hour-Glass
50. A Hymn to Love
51. To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses
52. A Ring Presented to Julia
53. The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium
54. The Coming of Good Luck
55. Upon Her Eyes
56. Rewards
57. On a Perfumed Lady
58. His Age
59. Upon Cupid
60. An Ode to Sir Clipsby Crew
61. The Pillar of Fame
62. On Love
63. Writing
64. The Parcae; or, Three Dainty Destinies: the Armilet
65. The Wassail
66. A Child's Grace
67. His Wish to Privacy
68. On Himself (A wearied pilgrim I have wander'd here)
69. A Hymn to the Graces
70. A Hymn to Bacchus
71. A Mean in Our Means
72. Upon Himself
73. The Bride-Cake
74. To Youth
75. Be My Mistress Short or Tall
76. Impossibilities: to His Friend
77. To Heaven
78. A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis
79. To Dianeme (Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes)
80. No Fault in Women
81. To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing
82. Upon Her Feet
83. Oberon's Feast
84. His Wish to God
85. A Pastoral upon the Birth of Prince Charles: Presented to the King, and Set by Mr Nic. Laniere
86. To Silvia
87. The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
88. His Mistress to Him at His Farewell
89. Up Scoble
90. Why Flowers Change Colour
91. Upon Roses
92. To His Mistress, Objecting to Him Neither Toying or Talking
93. A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton
94. How His Soul Came Ensnared
95. To Laurels
96. To the Maids, to Walk Abroad
97. Upon Love (I held Love's head while it did ache)
98. A Hymn to Venus and Cupid
99. The Night Piece: to Julia
100. His Desire
101. Anacreontic
102. To Silvia to Wed
103. Upon His Gray Hairs
104. Art above Nature: to Julia
105. A Canticle to Apollo
106. The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon's Chapel
107. To His Lovely Mistresses
108. Upon Julia's Clothes
109. A Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis
110. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland
111. Shakespeare
112. To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks
113. No Man without Money
114. His Prayer for Absolution
115. All Things Decay with Time
116. Upon a Maid
117. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
118. Proof to No Purpose
119. The Hag
120. To Anthea (Now is the time when all the lights wax dim)
121. The Definition of Beauty
122. To Perilla
123. The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad
124. Upon a Delaying Lady
125. A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
126. The Wounded Heart
127. His Sailing from Julia
128. To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend Mr Charles Cotton
129. Barley-Break; or, Last in Hell
130. A New Year's Gift, Sent to Sir Simeon Steward
131. Love Dislikes Nothing
132. Anthea's Retractation
133. Upon Julia's Hair Filled with Dew
134. To the Willow-Tree
135. On Himself (Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light)
136. Satisfaction for Sufferings
137. To the Genius of His House
138. The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest
139. To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick
140. To Groves
141. The Plaudite, or End of Life
142. Her Bed
143. The Cruel Maid
144. A Vow to Venus
145. His Content in the Country
146. The Olive Branch
147. Upon Julia's Recovery
148. To Anthea (Anthea, I am going hence)
149. A Meditation for His Mistress
150. Dean-Bourn, a Rude River in Devon
151. The Wake
152. The Parliament of Roses to Julia
153. To Anthea (Let’s call for Hymen if agreed thou art)
154. To Phillis, to Love and Live with Him
155. Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
156. His Grange, or Private Wealth
157. To Julia
158. The Bubble: a Song
159. To Dianeme (Dear, though to part it be a hell)
160. Love Lightly Pleased
161. The Captive Bee; or, the Little Filcher
162. To Robin Red-Breast
163. To Sapho
164. A Pastoral Sung to the King
165. Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve
166. To Sir Clipsby Crew
167. The Old Wives' Prayer
168. The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen
169. A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick
170. Upon Julia's Voice
171. Of Love
172. Farewell Frost, or Welcome Spring
173. The Maypole
174. His Winding-Sheet
175. Upon Love (A crystal vial Cupid brought)
176. The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls
177. His Loss (Epigram)
178. Upon Shark
179. Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, under the Name of the Lost Shepherdess
180. Upon Julia's Ribbon
181. The Transfiguration
182. His Teares to Thamasis
183. To Oenone
184. Upon the Loss of His Mistresses
185. To Be Merry
186. On Himself (Lost to the world; lost to myself)
187. To Perenna
188. Posting to Printing (Epigram)
189. Things Mortal Still Mutable (Epigram)
190. The Fairies
191. His Last Request to Julia
192. The Bracelet to Julia
193. To Dianeme (I could but see thee yesterday)
194. To Julia in the Temple
195. Kisses Loathsome
196. To My Ill Reader

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