In the Canterbury poets series: Poems by Robert Herrick. Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”, with the first line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may”. Edited with notes by Herbert P. Horne, and with an introduction by Ernest Rhys. ca. 14 x 10.5 cm