Name Index

To

Herrick in Devonshire

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 24 (1892) pp. 70-75.

by

P.H. Colson

Prepared by Michael Steer

Herrick was vicar of Dean Prior from 1629-1647 and again from 1662 to the end of his life. At first he was repelled by rural life but over time became accustomed to it. He is renowned for his highly crafted lyrics on human mortality. Swinburne called him 'The greatest song-writer ever born to the English race.' Herrick (with Carew, Suckling and Lovelace) was one of the cavalier poets. Although not a formal group, they were all supporters of Charles I and were heavily influenced by Ben Jonson. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.