--- title: "Best Robert Herrick Quotations" description: "Robert Herrick was an English poet and cleric who lived from 1591 to 1674. Browse 140 Robert Herrick quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b089/author-robert-herrick-3088.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b089/author-robert-herrick-3088.jpg) # Robert Herrick (1591–1674) Poet Kingdom of England **140** quotes in **555** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert Herrick was a poet from the Kingdom of England, best known for *Hesperides*. ## Quick Facts About Robert Herrick Born August 24, 1591 Died September 30, 1674 Nationality Kingdom of England Profession Poet Notable works Hesperides ## About Robert Herrick Robert Herrick was an English poet and cleric who lived from 1591 to 1674. ## Quotes by Robert Herrick · Page 4 > [Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/love-is-maintain-d-by-wealth-when-all-is-spent-adversity-then-breeds/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/robert-herrick-3088_adversity_love-is-maintain-d-by-wealth-when-all-is_83400.png) > [No, not Jove Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/no-not-jove-himselfe-at-one-time-can-be-wise-and-love/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/robert-herrick-3088_and-love_no-not-jove-himselfe-at-one-time-can-be_812899.png) > [Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score: Then to that twenty, add a hundred more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/give-me-a-kiss-and-to-that-kiss-a-score-then-to-that-twenty-add-a-2/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/robert-herrick-3088_add_give-me-a-kiss-and-to-that-kiss-a-score_1940753.png) > [Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/temptations-hurt-not-though-they-have-accesse-satan-o-ercomes-none/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hurt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/robert-herrick-3088_hurt_temptations-hurt-not-though-they-have-ac_328844.png) > [In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/in-ways-to-greatness-think-on-this-that-slippery-all-ambition-is/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/robert-herrick-3088_ambition_in-ways-to-greatness-think-on-this-that_171951.png) > [In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/in-the-hour-of-my-distress-when-temptations-me-oppress-and-when-i-my/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/robert-herrick-3088_comfort_in-the-hour-of-my-distress-when-temptati_2477854.png) > [Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/those-saints-which-god-loves-best-the-devil-tempts-not-least/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/robert-herrick-3088_devil_those-saints-which-god-loves-best-the-de_1680226.png) > [A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/a-careless-shoe-string-in-whose-tie-i-see-a-wilde-civility/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Careless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/robert-herrick-3088_careless_a-careless-shoe-string-in-whose-tie-i-se_2252017.png) > [I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, or June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/i-sing-of-brooks-of-blossoms-birds-and-bowers-of-april-may-or-june/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [April](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/april/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/robert-herrick-3088_april_i-sing-of-brooks-of-blossoms-birds-and-b_2914954.jpg) > [Then be not coy, but use your time; And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/then-be-not-coy-but-use-your-time-and-while-ye-may-go-marry-for/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/robert-herrick-3088_lost_then-be-not-coy-but-use-your-time-and-wh_2641671.png) > [“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/gather-ye-rose-buds-while-ye-may-old-time-is-still-a-flying-and-this-2/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/robert-herrick-3088_flower_gather-ye-rose-buds-while-ye-may-old-tim_1263158.png) > [Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/gather-ye-rose-buds-while-ye-may-old-time-is-still-a-flying-and-this-3/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Bud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/robert-herrick-3088_bud_gather-ye-rose-buds-while-ye-may-old-tim_2398123.png) > [“Some would know Why I so Long still doe tarry, And ask why Here that I Live, and not marry? Thus I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/some-would-know-why-i-so-long-still-doe-tarry-and-ask-why-here-that-i/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Live free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-free/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/robert-herrick-3088_live-free_some-would-know-why-i-so-long-still-doe_636655.png) > [It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/it-takes-great-wit-and-interest-and-energy-to-be-happy-the-pursuit-of/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/robert-herrick-3088_accomplish_it-takes-great-wit-and-interest-and-ener_143811.jpg) > [Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say, Birds chuse their mates and couple too this day: But by their flight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/oft-have-i-heard-both-youths-and-virgins-say-birds-chuse-their-mates/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/robert-herrick-3088_bird_oft-have-i-heard-both-youths-and-virgins_2474347.jpg) > [“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/i-sing-of-brooks-of-blossoms-birds-and-bowers-of-april-may-of-june/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/robert-herrick-3088_flower_i-sing-of-brooks-of-blossoms-birds-and-b_2506143.png) > [Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/whatever-comes-let-s-be-content-withal-among-god-s-blessings-there-is-2/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/robert-herrick-3088_blessing_whatever-comes-let-s-be-content-withal-a_2217121.png) > [Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/tis-not-the-food-but-the-content-that-makes-the-table-s-merriment/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Eating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/robert-herrick-3088_eating_tis-not-the-food-but-the-content-that-ma_3193528.png) > [Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/tears-are-the-noble-language-of-eyes-and-when-true-love-of-words-is/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Eye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/robert-herrick-3088_eye_tears-are-the-noble-language-of-eyes-and_251232.png) > [And as this round (ring) is nowhere found to flaw, or else to sever. So let our love as endless prove and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-herrick/and-as-this-round-ring-is-nowhere-found-to-flaw-or-else-to-sever-so/) [Robert Herrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-herrick/) [Endless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/robert-herrick-3088_endless_and-as-this-round-ring-is-nowhere-found_973339.png) ## Robert Herrick by topic [Love (28)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/robert-herrick/) [Inspirational (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/robert-herrick/) [Flower (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/robert-herrick/) [Life (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/robert-herrick/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/robert-herrick/) [Thee (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thee/robert-herrick/) [Sweet (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sweet/robert-herrick/) [May 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