English Poetry. Robert Herrick. Anacreontic. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).

Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик))

Anacreontic

Born I was to be old,
And for to die here;
After that, in the mould
Long for to lie here.
But before that day comes,
Still I be bousing;
For I know, in the tombs
There's no carousing.

Robert Herrick’s other poems:

1. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
2. The Definition of Beauty
3. The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
4. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland
5. The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон) Anacreontic (“‘Twas in a cool Aonian glade”)

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