Hesperides Or Works Both Human And Divine Of Robert Herrick Classic Reprint

Author : Robert Herrick
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ISBN 13 : 9781332763610
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Hesperides, Or Works Both Human and Divine (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Herrick and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hesperides, or Works Both Human and Divine It was not until nine years after the completion of his course at Cambridge that Robert Herrick - in 1629, the year of his mother's death - took orders and was presented by Charles I. To the living of Dean Prior, in what he calls dull Devonshire. Though he was happiest as comrade 9f the poets of the town, and loved no scenery so well as that of Cheapside and the Strand; though he abuses the rocky stream of Dean Burn that breaks down from the moor through a wild little valley and feeds watercresses by the long and empty road between his parsonage and the few houses of Dean Prior; the love of flowers runs through all his verse. The watercresses of Dean Burn are not forgotten among the simple havings of his grange; and if he shows no interest in rural scenery, he was full of sympathy with all that was human in his little world among the hills. Dean Prior is on the borders of Dartmoor, and within easy reach of some of the best scenery in Devonshire. For eighteen years Herrick lived in his Vicarage, and then reverse of fortune seemed to him almost a blessing, when he came to be among the deprived clergy; for when he gave place in 1647 to John Syms he returned to London, the blest place of his nativity. Herrick's source of income was cut off, but he belonged to a numerous and monied family. He had, as a poet and good Royalist, many patrons among whom the cause of his reverse entitled him to ready welcome, and he could (line well when he pleased at tables not his own. His first business when he came to London was to print, in 1647-8, the collection of poems he brought with him from Devonshire, and named, as being from the \vest, Hesperides: \vorks Human and Divine. He was at that time about fifty-seven years old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.