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Robert Herrick

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Profession
Poet
Died
Oct 15, 1674
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
England
About
Seventeenth-century English poet known for works such as Hesperides and "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The latter work, a carpe diem (seize-the-day) poem, contains the famous first line, "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
Family
He was a bachelor for the entirety of his life. He worked as both a clergyman and a poet.

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