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LibriVox recording of A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick by Robert Herrick. Read in English by Thomas A. Copeland. Robert Herrick had been apprenticed to a goldsmith before entering holy orders. This early training has been credited with influencing his metrical precision and his success with short poems. A still more important influence was Ben Jonson, for he was a member of the "sons of Ben," the coterie of younger poets that surrounded that great dramatist, Shakespeare's rival and friend. He even addresses a poem to Jonson addressing him as his "saint." As a country parson
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A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick by Robert Herrick
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