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LPItoday: Robert Herrick of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Scott Hensley of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory detected volcanic activity with 30-year-old data from NASA’s Magellan mission. Read more:

MMMworldwide: A Lenten Poem - A reflection on fasting by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

The_Apollogist: “Let me be warm; let me be fully fed: Luxurious love by wealth is nourished. Let me be lean, and cold, and once grown poor, I shall dislike, what once I loved before.” - Robert Herrick

souloman1: IF WELL THOU HAST BEGUN,-> >GO ON,-> IT IS THE END THAT CROWNS US >NOT THE FIGHT. -Robert Herrick INYJC!!!

radicalhoneybee: Simnel Cake for Mothering Sunday. Time Out of Time: the Fourth Sunday Of Lent "I'll to thee a simnel bring, 'Gainst though go a-mothering, so that when she blesses thee Half the blessing thou'll give me.” ~ Robert Herrick Read more at

ScienceNews: Planetary scientist Robert Herrick spotted the change after painstakingly poring through images of the Venusian regions considered most likely to be volcanically active.

AndreMjoan: Kings and Tyrants 'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known, Kings seek their subjects' good; tyrants their own. -Robert Herrick 1648

profontheright: Then while time serves, and we are but decaying; Come, my Corinna, come, let’s goe a Maying. “Corinna’s Gone a-Maying,” Robert Herrick

KTOOpubmedia: UAF professor Robert Herrick reviewed radar imagery of the surface of Venus collected over eight months in 1991 by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and found evidence of lava flow at a vent on Venus’s largest volcano, Maat Mons.

YahooNews: "Ozza and Maat Mons are comparable in volume to Earth's largest volcanoes but have lower slopes and thus are more spread out," University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick said.

The_Apollogist: “Praise they that will Times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth me.” - Robert Herrick

_ui1422: Gather you rosebuds while you may, Old time is still a-flying ; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. Robert Herrick

GershonManda: ""NASA’s selection of the VERITAS mission inspired me to look for recent volcanic activity in Magellan data," University of Alaska Fairbanks research professor Robert Herrick, who led the search of the archival data, said in a statement."

mardview: Directed by BAFTA-nominated Piotr Szkopiak, shot by Hollywood's own Robert Ford, and with sound design by Lee Herrick of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, TWO KNIGHTS is a dark and captivating tale of love, separation, and the ultimate battle of wills between good & evil. (4 - ?)

ExoCytherean: Many congratulations to Robert Herrick and Scott Hensley who published this work in Science.

OMGScience_b: How did Venus become such a hot mess? Volcanic discovery offers clues. (Washington Post) During the pandemic, planetary scientist Robert Herrick took advantage of hours of Zoom meet... Add your highlights:

buch10_04: Ye Hag, from Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick by Edwin Austin Abbey (1882)

doctor_jazzman: Robert H. Herrick / Scott Hensley (2023). "Surface changes observed on a Venusian volcano during the Magellan mission" Science (First Release) 15 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1126/science.abm7735

JayAlver: Today's Gold Star of Excellence goes to Robert R. Herrick and Scott Hensley, for discovering deformation on a Venusian volcanic vent in archival radar images taken 8 months apart by NASA's Magellan probe in 1991. It is direct, conclusive proof of ongoing volcanism on Venus.

welfordwrites: To Daffodils: a poem by Robert Herrick.

kimsong_vannak: The less effort you put in, the less you get. A man's wealth depends on his toil (Robert Herrick).

DrKuro9622: Gather ye rose-buds while ye may Old Time is still aflying And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.,Robert Herrick,time,

Derrick36383532: Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is mute.,Robert Herrick,language, love, tears, tomgue, true, words,

k66517110: Like will to like each creature loves his kind.,Robert Herrick,like,

YoussifISHAKA12: Like will to like each creature loves his kind.,Robert Herrick,like,

MelanieJaxn: I dare not ask a kiss; I dare not beg a smile; Lest having that or this, I might grow proud the while. No, no, the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to kiss that air, That lately kissed thee. -Robert Herrick

Burking8213: The person lives twice who lives the first life well.,Robert Herrick,First, Person, Well ,

SlipkRay8233: In vain our labours are whatsoe'er they be unless God gives the Benediction.,Robert Herrick,action,

Cartents956: Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears speak, while the tongue is mute.,Robert Herrick,language, love, tears, tomgue, true, words,

g69089494: Gather ye rose-buds while ye may Old Time is still aflying And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.,Robert Herrick,time,

MelanieJaxn: Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying. --Robert Herrick

RuthArnold: And a poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674), On Julia’s Clothes. “Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free O how that glittering taketh me!”

MelanieJaxn: Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her. - Robert Herrick

benreadspoetry: Welcome Spring, beginning with a lament for its flower’s short life by Robert Herrick:

dpire_: It is said that too many cooks spoil the broth; but a single, trusted friend to help you in the kitchen when you have a big meal to prepare is actually a great asset. Robert Herrick

KRIIICentre: In 1612, Christopher Wren, father of the famous architect, was visiting Alderman Robert Herrick, a mayor of Leicester, who had bought the land of the Grey Friars and built a large mansion house with the garden over the grave site of King Richard III, he recorded seeing… 1/2

AnuradhaSowmyan: BOOK FOOD LANGUAGE: ROBERT HERRICK'S POEM - COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT H...

zolaism: You know what I mean Jelly-bean....'Down the road of life we go...automobubbling all the way...to the church we'll swiftly steal and our wedding bells will peal".etc..a poem bye an Anglican priest -Robert Herrick

AustinAni: AT my homely country-seat I have there a little wheat, Which I work to meal, and make Therewithal a holy cake : Part of which I give to Lar, Part is my peculiar. —Robert Herrick

WritingExeter: ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…’ In our latest podcast, we speak to Ruth Connolly (Newcastle University) about Robert Herrick’s life in Devon as a clergyman, his giant poetry collection Hesperides, and the sheer joy of reading Herrick.

nekomatapoetry: Robert Herrick: a lyric poet who is best-known for this work Hesperides. It includes some of the best examples of carpe diem, or seize the day, poems. Such as ‘To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.’

Ahmad_watever: Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun. ~Robert Herrick

Richard56: Upon his departure hence Thus I Pass by, And die: As one Unknown And gone. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

WaveProfesora: Taught Robert Herrick and and Garcilaso today and was like, the NYT went all 17th century on your generation this week. "Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may" "Coged de vuestra alegre primavera"

MelanieJaxn: Get up, get up for shame, the Blooming Morne Upon her wings presents the god unshorne. See how Aurora throwes her faire Fresh-quilted colours through the aire: Get up, sweet-Slug-a-bed, and see The Dew-bespangling Herbe and Tree. -Robert Herrick

quotepage: "To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny’d." - Robert Herrick

GetChimdi: "To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny’d." - Robert Herrick

Southimes: ️️ ️ ️️ ️️ To Anthea, who may command him anything by Robert Herrick. Short Poetry Analysis. ️️ ️ ️️ ️️

Southimes: “To Anthea, who may Command him Anything” is a poem by Robert Herrick. It is an Ode dedicated to Anthea. Written in first person, this poem addresses his love for a woman, and his commitment to her. The poem consist of six stanzas and follows a 'abab' pattern.

MelanieJaxn: So good luck came, and on my roof did light, Like noiseless snow, or as the dew of night : Not all at once, but gently, as the trees Are by the sunbeams tickled by degrees. -Robert Herrick

DCLSDS: called atheism (ie his belief the church is subordinate to the state), and the cavalier poets, loyal to King Charles, were notoriously more secular than those who supported Cromwell, Robert Herrick faced accusations of paganism despite being a vicar. Hardly a bunch of theocrats.

smallpresstraff: Image: Zarouhie Abdalian, Simple Machines (2014; installation detail, 2017), wood, paint, instructions. Photo: Robert Divers Herrick.

millinerd: Robert Herrick.

e_hadaway: “If you meet Robert Herrick on the road, box him”

KateFangman: John Williams Waterhouse also painted the related Gather Ye Rosebuds in 1908, referencing the Robert Herrick poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”.

welfordwrites: To Daffodils, a poem by Robert Herrick. This poem makes an interesting contrast to the much later and better-known poem by Wordsworth. Click the link!

s_trivedi7: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may (Robert Herrick)

s_eliz_b: Car trouble really derailed this morning, but a pop of beauty got me back on track. "New things succeed, as former things grow old." From Robert Herrick's "Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve."

chattering_mags: Robert Herrick ~ Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve read by Michael Palmer View On WordPress

chattering_mags: Robert Herrick ~ Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve read by Michael Palmer

MelanieJaxn: Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. -Robert Herrick

ohnoscarlettt: Love poems from Robert Herrick are jaw dropping. “Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me; And hast command of every part, To live and die for thee.”

murad_moon: "Fair daffodils! We weep to see. You haste away so soon; As yet the early rising sun. Has not attained his noon." . . Robert Herrick

joshflynnvoice: Dreams (by Robert Herrick)

SafetyMentalst: "A VOW TO VENUS" by Robert Herrick: Make her this day smile on me, And I'll roses give to thee!

SafetyMentalst: From "Corinna's Going A-Maying" by Robert Herrick: Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun;

cruiser96: “To the Virgins, to make much of Time” GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

ShehlaNatt: Bid me to live.... BY ROBERT HERRICK Bid me to live, and I will live Thy protestant to be; Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to thee. A heart as soft, a heart as kind, A heart as sound and free, As in the whole world, thou canst find,

ChisomIzu: Nothing is so hard but search will find it out. ~ Robert Herrick

alexconnorwrite: 'Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.' Robert Herrick 1591-1674

Southimes: I FOUND THE BOOK OF ROBERT HERRICK WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

Southimes: Robert Herrick was born in the 16th century so this is huge for me.

MSanchezPoetry: Gather your rosebuds while ye may -Robert Herrick

SafetyMentalst: From "TO MEADOWS" by Robert Herrick: Ye have been fresh and green, Ye have been fill'd with flowers; And ye the walks have been Where maids have spent their hours.

SafetyMentalst: From "THE SUCCESSION OF THE FOUR SWEET MONTHS" by Robert Herrick: First, April, she with mellow showers Opens the way for early flowers;

SafetyMentalst: "UPON ROSES" by Robert Herrick: They blush'd, and look'd more fresh than flowers Quickened of late by pearly showers;

SafetyMentalst: "THE DIRGE OF JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER:SUNG BY THE VIRGINS" by Robert Herrick: May all shy maids, at wonted hours, Come forth to strew thy tomb with flowers;

SafetyMentalst: "TO MISTRESS KATHARINE BRADSHAW, THE LOVELY,THAT CROWNED HIM WITH LAUREL" by Robert Herrick: My Muse in meads has spent her many hours Sitting, and sorting several sorts of flowers,

SafetyMentalst: "THE PARLIAMENT OF ROSES TO JULIA" by Robert Herrick: Then in that Parly all those powers Voted the Rose the Queen of flowers;

SafetyMentalst: From "AN ODE TO SIR CLIPSBY CREW" by Robert Herrick: Thus, thus we live, and spend the hours In wine and flowers;

SafetyMentalst: From "HOW PANSIES OR HEARTS-EASE CAME FIRST" by Robert Herrick: For their restless here-spent hours, Gave them hearts-ease turn'd to flowers.

SafetyMentalst: From "A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZAWHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS" by Robert Herrick: HER. What have the meads to do with thee, Or with thy youthful hours? Live thou at court, where thou mayst be The queen of men, not flowers.

iamManishaa_: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today. Tomorrow will be dying. Meaning- He is advising people to take advantage of life while they are young. -Robert Herrick

MarcEsadrian: Clothes Do but Cheat and Cozen Us Away with silks, away with lawn, I'll have no scenes or curtains drawn; give me my mistress as she is, dress'd in her nak't simplicities: for as my heart e'en so my eye is won with flesh, not drapery. —Robert Herrick

trippynightdm_v: “ Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,    Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today    Tomorrow will be dying. ” - Robert Herrick

HeartlandSignal: In an uncovered email, Wis. GOP election Commissioner Robert Spindell wrote: “We can be especially proud of the City of Milwaukee... casting 37,000 less votes than in 2018... with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas."

GautamK77526672: “Upon Julia’s Clothes” by Robert Herrick Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes. GOAT PLAYER SHIV THAKARE

welfordwrites: To Daffodils: a poem by Robert Herrick.

SteveLeoGrace1: Then Mandalay let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me; And when I shall meet Thy silv'ry feet, My soul I'll pour into thee". Robert Herrick (edited)

hunhgry: ㅤ  ㅤ Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let’s kiss afresh, as when we first begun. - Robert Herrick. ㅤ  ㅤ

hunhgry: ㅤ  ㅤ Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let’s kiss afresh, as when we first begun. - Robert Herrick. ㅤ  ㅤ

AndreMjoan: Kings and Tyrants 'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known, Kings seek their subjects' good; tyrants their own. -Robert Herrick 1648

danyal_sani: "Child's Grace" by Robert Herrick is a very heart touching poem. A child asking tenderness for all. No matter what the circumstances are, he will always want kindness for everyone.

SheerZed: Poem: The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick [1648]. Text: The Way of Power by Lily Adams Beck [1928]. Image: The Soul Hovering over the Body Reluctantly Parting With Life by William Blake, Etched by Luigi Schiavonetti [1808].

BigBadBee: Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve, Robert Herrick (1591-1674) Down with the rosemary, and so Down with the bays and misletoe; Down with the holly, ivy, all Wherewith ye dress’d the Christmas hall;

eelleb: Celebrating the new year with Mario Cart, black eye peas, syllabus prep, the SAA January Bulletin, and a healthy dose of Robert Herrick.

McalisterAndrew: Such a beautiful poem matched perfectly with Gustav Holst’s tune. May I recommend “What sweeter music can we bring…” words by Robert Herrick and music by John Rutter. A new discovery for me and a revelation!

AltmanSiegel: Laeh Glenn Knots, 2020 Oil on canvas, wood frame 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in Photography by Robert Divers Herrick

Kulambq: ~ Robert Herrick, 'Ceremonies for Christmas'

JesuitsBritain: What sweeter music can we bring Than a carol for to sing The birth of this our Heavenly King? - Robert Herrick



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