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An hymn to the muses

Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)

Honour to you who sit
Near to the well of wit,
And drink your fill of it!

Glory and worship be
To you, sweet Maids, thrice three,
Who still inspire me;

And teach me how to sing
Unto the lyric string,
My measures ravishing!

Then, while I sing your praise,
My priest-hood crown with bays
Green to the end of days!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Scheme AAA BBB CCC DDD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 308
Words 63
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
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Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was born in London, England, in 1591. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith (his uncle, Sir William), but went to Cambridge, at St John's, in 1613. He was ordained at Peterborough in 1623 and became chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham a few years later. "Hesperides" - a collection of 1200 lyrical poems - was published in 1648 and it remained his magnum opus. Herrick died in 1674, aged 83. more…

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