- 1Arranged With Introduction by Francis Turner Palgrave
- 2Preface
- 31 — The Argument of His Book
- 42 — To His Muse
- 53 — When He Would Have His Verses Read
- 64 — To His Book
- 75 — To His Book — 6 — To His Book
- 87 — To Mistress Katharine Bradshaw, the Lovely, That Crowned Him Wi…
- 98 — To His Verses
- 109 — Not Every Day Fit for Verse
- 1110 — His Prayer to Ben Jonson
- 1211 — His Request to Julia
- 1312 — To His Book
- 1413 — His Poetry His Pillar
- 1514 — To His Book
- 1615 — Upon Himself
- 17Idyllica
- 1817 — To Phillis, to Love and Live With Him
- 1918 — The Wassail
- 2019 — The Fairies
- 2120 — Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve
- 2221 — Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
- 2322 — The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
- 2423 — Farewell Frost, or Welcome Spring
- 2524 — To the Maids, to Walk Abroad
- 2625 — Corina’s Going a Maying
- 2726 — The Maypole
- 2827 — The Wake
- 2928 — The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: To the Right Honourable Mildma…
- 3029 — The Bride-Cake
- 3130 — The Old Wives’ Prayer
- 3231 — The Bell-Man
- 3333 — To the Genius of His House
- 3433 — His Grange, or Private Wealth
- 3534 — A Pastoral Upon the Birth of Prince Charles: Presented to the…
- 3635 — A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, Under t…
- 3736 — A Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis
- 3837 — A Pastoral Sung to the King
- 3938 — To the Willow-Tree
- 4039 — The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon’s Chapel
- 4140 — Oberon’s Feast
- 4241 — The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen
- 4342 — The Hag
- 4443 — The Mad Maid’s Song
- 4544 — The Cheat of Cupid; or, The Ungentle Guest
- 4645 — Upon Cupid
- 4746 — To Be Merry
- 4847 — Upon His Gray Hairs
- 4948 — An Hymn to the Muses
- 5049 — The Coming of Good Luck
- 5150 — His Content in the Country
- 5251 — His Return to London
- 5352 — His Desire
- 5453 — An Ode for Ben Jonson
- 5554 — To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses
- 5655 — The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium
- 5756 — The Invitation
- 5857 — To Sir Clipsby Crew
- 5958 — A Country Life: To His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick
- 6059 — To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 6160 — A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks
- 6261 — To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend Mr Charles Cotton
- 6362 — A New Year’s Gift, Sent to Sir Simeon Steward
- 6463 — An Ode to Sir Clipsby Crew
- 6564 — A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton
- 6665 — All Things Decay and Die
- 6766 — To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick
- 6867 — His Age
- 6968 — The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad
- 7069 — On Himself
- 7170 — His Winding-Sheet
- 7271 — Anacreontic
- 7372 — To Laurels
- 7473 — On Himself
- 7574 — On Himself — 75 — To Robin Red-Breast
- 7676 — The Olive Branch
- 7777 — The Plaudite, or End of Life
- 7878 — To Groves
- 79Amores
- 8080 — A Vow to Venus — 81 — Upon Love
- 8182 — Upon Julia’s Clothes
- 8283 — The Bracelet to Julia
- 8384 — Upon Julia’s Ribbon
- 8485 — To Julia
- 8586 — Art Above Nature: To Julia
- 8687 — Her Bed — 88 — The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls
- 8789 — The Parliament of Roses to Julia
- 8890 — Upon Julia’s Recovery
- 8991 — Upon Julia’s Hair Filled With Dew
- 9092 — Cherry Ripe
- 9193 — The Captive Bee; or, The Little Filcher
- 9294 — Upon Roses
- 9395 — How His Soul Came Ensnared
- 9496 — Upon Julia’s Voice
- 9597 — The Night Piece: To Julia
- 9698 — His Covenant or Protestation to Julia
- 9799 — His Sailing From Julia
- 98100 — His Last Request to Julia
- 99101 — The Transfiguration
- 100102 — Love Dislikes Nothing
- 101103 — Upon Love
- 102104 — To Dianeme
- 103105 — To Perenna
- 104106 — To Oenone
- 105107 — To Electra
- 106108 — To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing
- 107109 — Anthea’s Retractation
- 108110 — Love Lightly Pleased
- 109111 — To Dianeme · 112 — Upon Her Eyes · 113 — Upon Her Feet — 114…
- 110115 — The Cruel Maid
- 111116 — To His Mistress, Objecting to Him Neither Toying or Talking
- 112117 — Impossibilities: To His Friend
- 113118 — The Bubble: A Song
- 114119 — Delight in Disorder
- 115120 — To Silvia
- 116121 — To Silvia to Wed
- 117122 — Barley-Break; or, Last in Hell
- 118123 — On a Perfumed Lady
- 119124 — The Parcae; or, Three Dainty Destinies: The Armilet
- 120125 — A Conjuration: To Electra
- 121126 — To Sapho
- 122127 — Of Love: A Sonnet
- 123128 — To Dianeme
- 124129 — To Dianeme
- 125130 — Kissing Usury
- 126131 — Upon the Loss of His Mistresses
- 127132 — The Wounded Heart
- 128133 — His Mistress to Him at His Farewell
- 129134 — Crutches
- 130135 — To Anthea
- 131136 — To Anthea
- 132137 — To His Lovely Mistresses
- 133138 — To Perilla
- 134139 — A Meditation for His Mistress
- 135140 — To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
- 136Epigrams · 142 — His Loss · 143 — Things Mortal Still Mutable · 144…
- 137151 — Money Makes the Mirth · 152 — Tears and Laughter · 153 — Upon…
- 138180 — Four Things Make Us Happy Here
- 139181 — The Watch
- 140182 — Upon the Detracter
- 141183 — On Himself — Nature and Life
- 142185 — The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
- 143186 — To Blossoms
- 144187 — The Shower of Blossoms
- 145188 — To the Rose: Song
- 146189 — The Funeral Rites of the Rose
- 147190 — The Bleeding Hand; or the Sprig of Eglantine Given to a Maid
- 148191 — To Carnations: A Song
- 149192 — To Pansies
- 150193 — How Pansies or Hearts-Ease Came First
- 151194 — Why Flowers Change Colour — 195 — The Primrose
- 152196 — To Primroses Filled With Morning Dew
- 153197 — To Daisies, Not to Shut So Soon
- 154198 — To Daffadils
- 155199 — To Violets
- 156200 — The Apron of Flowers
- 157201 — The Lily in a Crystal
- 158202 — To Meadows
- 159203 — To a Gentlewoman, Objecting to Him His Gray Hairs
- 160204 — The Changes: To Corinna
- 161205 — Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, Under the Name of Amarillis
- 162206 — No Fault in Women
- 163207 — The Bag of the Bee
- 164208 — The Present; or, The Bag of the Bee
- 165209 — To the Water-Nymphs Drinking at the Fountain
- 166210 — How Springs Came First
- 167211 — To the Handsome Mistress Grace Potter
- 168212 — A Hymn to the Graces
- 169213 — A Hymn to Love
- 170214 — Upon Love: By Way of Question and Answer
- 171215 — Lovers How They Come and Part
- 172216 — The Kiss: A Dialogue
- 173217 — Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love
- 174218 — Orpheus
- 175219 — A Request to the Graces
- 176220 — A Hymn to Venus and Cupid
- 177221 — To Bacchus: A Canticle
- 178222 — A Hymn to Bacchus
- 179223 — A Canticle to Apollo
- 180224 — To Music, to Becalm a Sweet Sick Youth
- 181225 — To Music: A Song
- 182226 — Soft Music — 227 — To Music
- 183228 — The Voice and Viol — 229 — To Music, to Becalm His Fever
- 184Musae Graviores
- 185231 — Matins, or Morning Prayer
- 186232 — Good Precepts, or Counsel
- 187233 — Pray and Prosper
- 188234 — The Bell-Man
- 189235 — Upon Time
- 190236 — Men Mind No State in Sickness
- 191237 — Life Is the Body’s Light
- 192238 — To the Lady Crewe, Upon the Death of Her Child
- 193239 — Upon a Child That Died
- 194240 — Upon a Child — 241 — An Epitaph Upon a Child
- 195242 — An Epitaph Upon a Virgin
- 196243 — Upon a Maid
- 197244 — The Dirge of Jephthah’s Daughter: Sung by the Virgins
- 198245 — The Widows’ Tears; or, Dirge of Dorcas
- 199246 — Upon His Sister-in-Law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
- 200247 — To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
- 201248 — On Himself
- 202249 — His Wish to Privacy — 250 — To His Paternal Country
- 203251 — Cock-Crow
- 204252 — To His Conscience
- 205253 — To Heaven
- 206254 — An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour
- 207255 — To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child
- 208256 — Grace for a Child
- 209257 — His Litany, to the Holy Spirit
- 210258 — To Death
- 211259 — To His Sweet Saviour
- 212260 — Eternity
- 213261 — The White Island: Or Place of the Blest
Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
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