Robert Herrick Quotes
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.
Citations
Herrick, Robert. "Regression spoiles Resolution." Hesperides, John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1648.
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Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".