Chapter XXXII: Appendix: III (1)

POOR ROBIN'S ALMANACK.

Herrick's name has been so persistently connected with _Poor Robert's Almanack_ that a few words must be said on the subject. There is, we are told, a Devonshire tradition ascribing the _Almanack_ to him, and this is accepted by Nichols in his _Leicestershire_, and "accredited" by Dr. Grosart. The tradition apparently rests on no better basis than Herrick's Christian name, and of the poems in the issues of the _Almanack_ which I have seen, it may be said, that, while the worst of them, save for some lack of neatness of turn, might conceivably have been by Herrick--on the principle that if Herrick could write some of his epigrams, he could write anything--the more ambitious poems it is quite impossible to attribute to the author of the _Hesperides_. But apart from opinion, the negative evidence is overwhelming. Of the three earliest issues in the British Museum, 1664, 1667 and 1669 (all in the annual collections of Almanacs, issued by the Stationers' Company, and all, it may be noted, bound for Charles II.), I transcribe the title-page of the first. "Poor Robin. 1664. An Almanack After a New Fashion wherein the Reader may see (if he be not blinde) many remarkable things worthy of Observation. Containing a two-fold Kalendar, viz. the Iulian or English, and the Roundheads or Fanaticks: with their several Saints daies and Observations, upon every month. Written by Poor Robin, Knight of the burnt Island and a well-willer to the Mathematicks. Calculated for the Meridian of Saffron Walden, where the Pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the Horizon. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers."

In the 1667 issue the paragraph about the Pole runs: "Where the Maypole is elevated (with a plumm cake on the top of it) 5 yards ¾ above the Market Cross". The mention of Saffron Walden had apparently been ridiculed, and the author in this year joins in the laugh, and in 1669 omits the paragraph altogether. But what had Herrick at any time to do with Saffron Walden, and why should the poet, whose politics, apart from some personal devotion to Charles I., were distinctly moderate, mix himself up with an ultra-Cavalier publication? Also, if Herrick be "Poor Robin" we must attribute to him, at least, the greater part of the twenty-one "Poor Robin" publications, of which Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith gave a list in _Notes and Queries_, 6th series, vii. 321-3, _e.g._, "Poor Robin's Perambulation from the Town of Saffron Walden to London" (1678), "The Merrie Exploits of Poor Robin, the Merrie Saddler of Walden," etc. These have been generally assigned to William Winstanley, the barber-poet, on the ground of a supposed similarity of style, and from "Poor Robin" having been written under a portrait of him. Mr. Ecroyd Smith, however, attributes them to Robert Winstanley (born, 1646, at Saffron Walden), younger brother of Henry Winstanley, the projector of the Eddystone Lighthouse. He assigns the credit of the "identification" to Mr. Joseph Clark, F.S.A., of the Roos, Saffron Walden, but does not state the grounds which led Mr. Clark to his conclusion, in itself probable enough. In any case there is no valid ground for connecting Herrick either with the _Almanack_ or with any of the other "Poor Robin" publications.

INDEX TO PERSONS MENTIONED.

Abdie, Lady. [_See_ Soame, Anne.]

Alabaster, Doctor, II. 70.

Baldwin, Prudence,
I. 152, 189, 251
II. 78.

Bartly, Arthur, II. 36.

Beaumont, Francis, II. 4, 276.

Berkley, Sir John, II. 63.

Bradshaw, Katharine, I. 116.

Bridgeman, I. 46.

Buckingham, Duke of, I. 123.

Carlisle, Countess of, I. 78.

Charles I.,
I. 28, 29, 74, 133, 198;
II. 43, 87, 123, 202, 204, 207.

Charles II.,
I. 1, 105;
II. 13, 66.

Cotton, Charles, the elder, II. 119.

Crew, Lady,
I. 237;
II. 128.

Crew, Sir Clipseby,
I. 139, 201, 228, 248;
II. 18.

Crofts, John, II. 83.

Denham, Sir John, II. 39.

Dorchester, Marquis of, II. 124, 125.

Dorset, Earl of, I. 235.

Falconbridge, Margaret, II. 81.

Falconbridge, Thomas, I. 226.

Finch, Elizabeth, II. 123.

Fish, Sir Edward, I. 191.

Fletcher, John, II. 4, 269.

Giles, Sir Edward, II. 272.

Gotiere [Gouter, Jacques], I. 47.

Hall, John, II. 122.

Hall, Joseph, Bishop of Exeter, I. 77.

Harmar, Joseph, II. 125.

Hastings, Henry, Lord, II. 270.

Heale, Sir Thomas, II. 98.

Henrietta Maria, I. 133.

Herrick, Bridget, I. 255.

Herrick, Elizabeth, I. 26, 182.

Herrick, Julia, II. 143.

Herrick, Mercy, II. 86.

Herrick, Nicholas, II. 161.

Herrick, Robert, Poem on his Father, I. 31.

Herrick, Robert, Poem to his Nephew, I. 188.

Herrick, Robert,
I. 229;
II. 153, 157, 159, 160, 164.

Herrick, Susanna,
I. 243;
II. 128.

Herrick, Thomas,
I. 40;
II. 129.

Herrick, William, I. 88.

Hopton, Lord, II. 136.

Jincks, J., II. 96.

Jonson, Ben,
I. 188;
II. 4, 11, 30, 109, 110.

Kellam, II. 112.

Kennedy, Dorothy, I. 50.

Lamiere, Nicholas, I. 105.

Lawes, Henry, II. 94, 270.

Lawes, William, II. 108.

Lee, Elizabeth, II. 16.

Lowman, Bridget, I. 176.

Merrifield, John, I. 111.

Mince [Mennis], Sir John, I. 244.

Norgate, Edward, I. 152.

Northly, Henry, I. 155.

Oulsworth, Michael, II. 159.

Parry, Sir George, II. 151.

Parsons, Dorothy, I. 234.

Parsons, Tomasin, II. 129.

Pemberton, Sir Lewis, I. 183.

Pembroke, Earl of, I. 177.

Porter, Endymion,
I. 49, 87, 229;
II. 33, 154.

Portman, Mrs., II. 156.

Potter, Amy, II. 91.

Potter, Grace, II. 133.

Prat, II. 46.

Ramsay, Robert, I. 85.

Richmond and Lennox, Duke of, I. 212.

Selden, John, I. 179.

Shakespeare, William, II. 276.

Shapcott, Thomas, I. 148, 204, 209.

Soame, Anne, I. 181.

Soame, Stephen, I. 250.

Soame, Sir Thomas, I. 220.

Soame, Sir William, I. 163.

Southwell, Sir Thomas, I. 63.

Southwell, Susanna, I. 243.

Steward, Sir Simeon, I. 157.

Stone, Mary, II. 71.

Stone, Sir Richard, I. 232.

Stuart, Lord Bernard, I. 109.

Swetnaham, Lawrence, II. 158.

Tracy, Lady. [_See_ Lee, Elizabeth.]

Villars [Villiers], Lady Mary, I. 172.

Warr [_or_ Weare], John, I. 57, 253.

Westmoreland, Earl of, I. 47, 125, 215.

Wheeler, Elizabeth,
I. 55, 132;
II. 153.

Wheeler, Penelope, I. 236.

Wickes, John,
I. 165;
II. 37, 150.

Willan, Leonard, II. 121.

Willand, Mary, I. 239.

Williams, John, Bishop of Lincoln,
I. 62;
II. 267.

Wilson, Dr. John, I. 47.

Wingfield, John, II. 8.

Yard, Lettice, I. 155.

York, Duke of, I. 134.

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

A Bachelor I will, I. 14.

A crystal vial Cupid brought, II. 24.

A funeral stone, I. 35.

A golden fly one show'd to me, I. 233.

A gyges ring they bear about them still, II. 61.

A just man's like a rock that turns the wrath, I. 190.

A little mushroom table spread, I. 148.

A little saint best fits a little shrine, II. 59.

A long life's-day I've taken pains, II. 11.

A man prepar'd against all ills to come, I. 160.

A man's transgressions God does then remit, II. 196.

A master of a house, as I have read, II. 73.

A prayer that is said alone, II. 226.

A roll of parchment Clunn about him bears, II. 117.

A sweet disorder in the dress, I. 32.

A wanton and lascivious eye, II. 66.

A way enchased with glass and beads, I. 111.

A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here, II. 157.

A willow garland thou didst send, I. 201.

About the sweet bag of a bee, I. 36.

Abundant plagues I late have had, II. 188.

Adverse and prosperous fortunes both work on, II. 182.

Adversity hurts none but only such, II. 47.

Afflictions bring us joy in time to come, II. 182.

Afflictions they most profitable are, II. 174.

After the feast, my Shapcot, see, I. 204.

After the rare arch-poet, Jonson, died, I. 188.

After this life, the wages shall, II. 225.

After thy labour take thine ease, II. 163.

After true sorrow for our sins, our strife, II. 201.

Against diseases here the strongest fence, II. 162.

Ah, Ben! II. 110.

Ah, Bianca! now I see, II. 132.

Ah, cruel love! must I endure, I. 90.

Ah! Lycidas, come tell me why, I. 229.

Ah, me! I love; give him your hand to kiss, II. 91.

Ah, my Anthea! Must my heart still break, I. 27.

Ah, my Perilla! dost thou grieve to see, I. 8.

Ah, Posthumus! our years hence fly, I. 165.

Alas! I can't, for tell me how, II. 159.

All are not ill plots that do sometimes fail, II. 162.

All has been plundered from me but my wit, II. 90.

All I have lost that could be rapt from me, II. 212.

All things are open to these two events, I. 227.

All things decay with time: the forest sees, I. 25.

All things o'er-ruled are here, by chance, I. 248.

All things subjected are to fate, II. 7.

Along, come along, II. 148.

Along the dark and silent night, II. 214.

Although our sufferings meet with no relief, II. 163.

Although we cannot turn the fervent fit, II. 192.

Am I despised because you say, I. 75.

Among disasters that dissension brings, II. 75.

Among the myrtles as I walk'd, I. 132.

Among these tempests great and manifold, II. 147.

Among thy fancies tell me this, I. 162.

And as time past when Cato, the severe, II. 124.

And, cruel maid, because I see, I. 72.

And must we part, because some say, I. 57.

Angels are called gods; yet of them none, II. 224.

Angry if Irene be, I. 256.

Anthea bade me tie her shoe, I. 14.

Anthea, I am going hence, II. 95.

Anthea laugh'd, and fearing lest excess, II. 137.

Apollo sings, his harp resounds: give room, II. 269.

Art quickens nature; care will make a face, I. 120.

Art thou not destin'd? then with haste go on, II. 237.

As gilliflowers do but stay, I. 156.

As in our clothes, so likewise he who looks, I. 254.

As is your name, so is your comely face, II. 133.

As Julia once a-slumbering lay, I. 86.

As lately I a garland bound, I. 119.

As many laws and lawyers do express, II. 53.

As my little pot doth boil, II. 248.

As oft as night is banish'd by the morn, I. 29.

As shows the air when with a rainbow grac'd, I. 47.

As sunbeams pierce the glass, and streaming in, II. 231.

As thou deserv'st, be proud; then gladly let, I. 244.

As wearied pilgrims, once possessed, II. 16.

Ask me what hunger is, and I'll reply, II. 115.

Ask me why I do not sing, I. 164.

Ask me why I send you here, II. 6.

At draw-gloves we'll play, I. 122.

At my homely country seat, I. 191.

At post and pair, or slam, Tom Tuck would play, II. 46.

At stool-ball, Lucia, let us play, II. 45.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt, II. 137.

Away enchased with glass and beads, I. 111.

Away with silks, away with lawn, I. 193.

Bacchus, let me drink no more, I. 153.

Bad are the times. And worse than they are we, I. 198.

Be bold, my book, nor be abash'd, or fear, II. 11.

Be not dismayed, though crosses cast thee down. II. 137.

Be not proud, but now incline, I. 120.

Be the mistress of my choice, II. 36.

Be those few hours, which I have yet to spend, II. 241.

Beauty no other thing is than a beam, I. 39.

Beauty's no other but a lovely grace, II. 92.

Before man's fall the rose was born, II. 246.

Before the press scarce one could see, II. 107.

Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears, I. 81.

Begin with a kiss, II. 57.

Begin with Jove; then is the work half-done, I. 159.

Bellman of night if I about shall go, II. 182.

Besides us two, i' th' temple here's not one, I. 210.

Biancha let, I. 34.

Bid me to live, and I will live, I. 135.

Bind me but to thee with thine hair, II. 115.

Blessings in abundance come, I. 155.

Born I was to be old, I. 247.

Born I was to meet with age, I. 240.

Both you two have, I. 138.

Break off delay, since we but read of one, II. 63.

Breathe, Julia, breathe, and I'll protest, I. 84.

Bright tulips, we do know, I. 231.

Bring me my rosebuds, drawer, come, II. 6.

Bring the holy crust of bread, II. 103.

Brisk methinks I am, and fine, II. 134.

Burn or drown me, choose ye whether, II. 67.

But born, and like a short delight, I. 84.

By dream I saw one of the three, I. 192.

By hours we all live here; in Heaven is known, II. 240.

By so much virtue is the less, II. 66.

By the next kindling of the day, II. 88.

By the weak'st means things mighty are o'erthrown, II. 48.

By those soft tods of wool, II. 71.

By time and counsel do the best we can, I. 150.

Call me no more, I. 180.

Can I not come to Thee, my God, for these, II. 186.

Can I not sin, but thou wilt be, II. 193.

Care keeps the conquest; 'tis no less renown, II. 132.

Case is a lawyer that ne'er pleads alone, II. 127.

Charm me asleep, and melt me so, I. 117.

Charms that call down the moon from out her sphere, I. 122.

Charon, O Charon, draw thy boat to th' shore, II. 270.

Charon! O gentle Charon! let me woo thee, II. 58.

Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, I. 21.

Choose me your valentine, I. 36.

Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes, II. 192.

Christ, I have read, did to His chaplains say, II. 223.

Christ never did so great a work but there, II. 237.

Christ took our nature on Him, not that He, II. 238.

Christ was not sad, i' the garden, for His own, II. 227.

Christ, when He hung the dreadful cross upon, II. 228.

Clear are her eyes, I. 243.

Close keep your lips, if that you mean, II. 61.

Come, and let's in solemn wise, II. 99.

Come, Anthea, know thou this, II. 41.

Come, Anthea, let us two, II. 68.

Come, blitheful neat-herds, let us lay, II. 51.

Come, bring with a noise, II. 79.

Come, bring your sampler, and with art, I. 10.

Come, come away, I. 172.

Come down and dance ye in the toil, I. 9.

Come, guard this night the Christmas-pie, II. 80.

Come, leave this loathed country life, and then, I. 214.

Come, pity us, all ye who see, II., 216.

Come, sit we by the fire's side, II. 20.

Come, sit we under yonder tree, II. 15.

Come, skilful Lupo, now, and take, I. 46.

Come, sons of summer, by whose toil, I. 125.

Come, then, and like two doves with silv'ry wings, II. 2.

Come thou not near those men who are like bread, I. 5.

Come thou, who art the wine and wit, I. 238.

Come to me God; but do not come, II. 242.

Come with the spring-time forth, fair maid, and be, I. 176.

Command the roof, great Genius, and from thence, II. 55.

Confession twofold is, as Austine says, II. 244.

Conformity gives comeliness to things, II. 147.

Conformity was ever known, I. 28.

Conquer we shall, but we must first contend, II. 115.

Consider sorrows, how they are aright, II. 84.

Consult ere thou begin'st, that done, go on, II. 65.

Crab faces gowns with sundry furs; 'tis known, II. 37.

Cupid, as he lay among, I. 59.

Cynthius, pluck ye by the ear, I. 62.

Dark and dull night, fly hence away, II. 203.

Dead falls the cause if once the hand be mute, I. 154.

Dean Bourne, farewell; I never look to see, I. 33.

Dear God, II. 201.

Dear Perenna, prithee come, I. 110.

Dear, though to part it be a hell, I. 39.

Dearest of thousands, now the time draws near, II. 20.

Despair takes heart, when there's no hope to speed, II. 135.

Dew sat on Julia's hair, I. 226.

Did I or love, or could I others draw, I. 253.

Die ere long, I'm sure I shall, II. 151.

Discreet and prudent we that discord call, II. 64.

Display thy breasts my Julia--Here let me, I. 119.

Do with me, God, as Thou didst deal with John, II. 174.

Does fortune rend thee? Bear with thy hard fate, II. 87.

Down with the rosemary and bays, II. 104.

Down with the rosemary, and so, II. 129.

Dread not the shackles: on with thine intent, II. 144.

Drink up, II. 131.

Drink wine, and live here blitheful while ye may, II. 31.

Droop, droop no more, or hang the head, I. 6.

Drowning, drowning, I espy, II. 126.

Dry your sweet cheek, long drown'd with sorrow's rain, I. 131.

Dull to myself, and almost dead to these, II. 13.

Each must in virtue strive for to excel, I. 151.

Eaten I have; and though I had good cheer, I. 248.

Empires of kings are now, and ever were, I. 202.

End now the white loaf and the pie, II. 105.

Ere I go hence, and be no more, II. 260.

Every time seems short to be, I. 202.

Evil no nature hath; the loss of good, II. 207.

Examples lead us, and we likely see, II. 68.

Excess is sluttish: keep the mean; for why? II. 162.

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, I. 175.

Fair and foul days trip cross and pile; the fair, I. 237.

Fair daffodils, we weep to see, I. 156.

Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, I. 220.

Fair was the dawn; and but e'en now the skies, I. 99.

Faith is a thing that's four-square; let it fall, II. 114.

Fame's pillar here, at last, we set, II. 165.

Farewell, thou thing, time past so known, so dear, I. 53.

Fat be my hind; unlearned be my wife, II. 116.

Fight thou with shafts of silver and o'ercome, I. 23.

Fill me a mighty bowl, II. 30.

Fill me my wine in crystal; thus, and thus, I. 234.

First, April, she with mellow showers, I. 26.

First, for effusions due unto the dead, I. 26.

First, for your shape, the curious cannot show, I. 237.

First, may the hand of bounty bring, II. 112.

First offer incense, then thy field and meads, I. 180.

Fled are the frosts, and now the fields appear, II. 27.

Fly hence, pale care, no more remember, II. 267.

Fly me not, though I be grey, I. 244.

Fly to my mistress, pretty pilfering bee, I. 124.

Fold now thine arms and hang the head, I. 56.

Fools are they who never know, I. 119.

For a kiss or two, confess, II. 130.

For all our works a recompense is sure, II. 93.

For all thy many courtesies to me, II. 83.

For being comely, consonant, and free, II. 8.

For brave comportment, wit without offence, II. 119

For civil, clean, and circumcised wit, I. 244.

For each one body that i' th' earth is sown, II. 236.

For my embalming, Julia, do but this, I. 161.

For my neighbour, I'll not know, I. 103.

For my part, I never care, I. 100.

For one so rarely tun'd to fit all parts, I. 152.

For punishment in war it will suffice, I. 165.

For sport my Julia threw a lace, I. 145.

For those, my unbaptised rhymes, II. 169.

For truth I may this sentence tell, II. 151.

Fortune did never favour one, I. 240.

Fortune no higher project can devise, I. 246.

Fortune's a blind profuser of her own, II. 45.

Fresh strewings allow, II. 69.

Frolic virgins once these were, I. 190.

From me my Sylvia ran away, II. 109.

From noise of scare-fires rest ye free, I. 151.

From the dull confines of the drooping West, II. 150.

From the temple to your home, II. 21.

From this bleeding hand of mine, I. 108.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, I. 102.

Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn, I. 82.

Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known, II. 116.

Give if thou canst an alms; if not, afford, II. 193.

Give me a cell, II. 73.

Give me a man that is not dull, II. 146.

Give me honours! what are these, II. 191.

Give me one kiss, I. 246.

Give me that man that dares bestride, I. 35.

Give me the food that satisfies a guest, II. 82.

Give me wine, and give me meat, II. 18.

Give unto all, lest he, whom thou deni'st, II. 239.

Give Want her welcome if she comes; we find. II. 12.

Give way, and be ye ravish'd by the sun, I. 246.

Give way, give way now; now my Charles shines here, II. 43.

Give way, give way, ye gates and win, I. 223.

Glide, gentle streams, and bear, I. 51.

Glory be to the graces! II. 76.

Glory no other thing is, Tullie says, II. 50.

Go, happy rose, and interwove, I. 121.

Go hence, and with this parting kiss, I. 217.

Go hence away, and in thy parting know, II. 269.

Go I must; when I am gone, I. 250.

Go, perjured man; and if thou e'er return, I. 59.

Go on, brave Hopton, to effectuate that, II. 136.

Go, pretty child, and bear this flower, II. 189.

Go thou forth, my book, though late, II. 164.

Go, woo young Charles no more to look, II. 13.

God as He is most holy known, II. 174.

God, as He's potent, so He's likewise known, II. 222.

God, as the learned Damascene doth write, II. 227.

God bought man here with His heart's blood expense, II. 237.

God can do all things, save but what are known, II. 228.

God can't be wrathful; but we may conclude, II. 248.

God could have made all rich, or all men poor, II. 192.

God did forbid the Israelites to bring, II. 230.

God doth embrace the good with love, and gains, II. 237

God doth not promise here to man that He, II. 247.

God from our eyes, all tears hereafter wipes, II. 223.

God gives not only corn for need, II. 191.

God gives to none so absolute an ease, II. 234.

God had but one Son free from sin; but none, II. 222.

God has a right hand, but is quite bereft, II. 244.

God has four keys, which He reserves alone, II. 239.

God has His whips here to a twofold end, II. 175.

God hates the dual numbers, being known, II. 246.

God hath this world for many made, 'tis true, II. 234.

God hath two wings which He doth ever move, II. 171.

God, He refuseth no man, but makes way, II. 222.

God, He rejects all prayers that are slight, II. 173.

God hears us when we pray, but yet defers, II. 176.

God hides from man the reck'ning day, that he, II. 224.

God in His own day will be then severe, II. 226.

God, in the holy tongue, they call, II. 231.

God is above the sphere of our esteem, II. 170.

God is all forepart; for, we never see, II. 173.

God is all present to whate'er we do, II. 243.

God is all sufferance here, here He doth show, II. 194.

God is His name of nature; but that word, II. 223.

God is Jehovah called: which name of His, II. 232.

God is more here than in another place, II. 234.

God is not only merciful to call, II. 173.

God is not only said to be, II. 170.

God is so potent, as His power can, II. 229.

God is then said for to descend, when He, II. 245.

God loads and unloads, thus His work begins, II. 172.

God makes not good men wantons, but doth bring, II. 211.

God ne'er afflicts us more than our desert, II. 171.

God on our youth bestows but little ease, II. 229.

God pardons those who do through frailty sin, II. 176.

God scourgeth some severely, some He spares, II. 174.

God still rewards us more than our desert, II. 244.

God strikes His Church, but 'tis to this intent, II. 176.

God suffers not His saints and servants dear, II. 243.

God tempteth no one, as St. Aug'stine saith, II. 225.

God then confounds man's face when He not hears, II. 228.

God! to my little meal and oil, II. 221.

God, when for sin He makes His children smart, II. 174.

God, when He's angry here with anyone, II. 171.

God, when He takes my goods and chattels hence, II. 200.

God, who me gives a will for to repent, II. 247.

God, who's in heaven, will hear from thence, II. 227.

God will have all or none; serve Him, or fall, II. 187.

God's boundless mercy is, to sinful man, II. 172.

God's bounty, that ebbs less and less, II. 194.

God's evident, and may be said to be, II. 232.

God's grace deserves here to be daily fed, II. 222.

God's hands are round and smooth, that gifts may fall, II. 225.

God's prescience makes none sinful; but th' offence, II. 238.

God's present everywhere, but most of all, II. 236.

God's rod doth watch while men do sleep, and then, II. 74.

God's said our hearts to harden then, II. 246.

God's said to dwell there, wheresoever He, II. 232.

God's said to leave this place, and for to come, II. 231.

God's undivided, One in Persons Three, II. 232.

Goddess, I begin an art, I. 245.

Goddess, I do love a girl, I. 171.

Goddess of youth, and lady of the spring, I. 133.

Gold I have none, but I present my need, II. 209.

Gold I've none, for use or show, I. 109.

Gold serves for tribute to the king, II. 247.

Gone she is a long, long way, II. 93.

Good and great God! how should I fear, II. 245.

Good-day, Mirtello. And to you no less, I. 105.

Good morrow to the day so fair, I. 195.

Good precepts we must firmly hold, I. 235.

Good princes must be pray'd for; for the bad, I. 37.

Good speed, for I this day, I. 107.

Good things that come, of course, for less do please. I. 154.

Great cities seldom rest; if there be none, II. 144.

Great men by small means oft are overthrown, I. 227.

Grow for two ends, it matters not at all, II. 37.

Grow up in beauty, as thou dost begin, II. 129.

Hail holy and all-honoured tomb, II. 254.

Handsome you are, and proper you will be, II. 123.

Hang up hooks and shears to scare, II. 104.

Happily I had a sight, II. 140.

Happy's that man to whom God gives, II. 185.

Hard are the two first stairs unto a crown, II. 114.

Hast thou attempted greatness? then go on, II. 64.

Hast thou begun an act? ne'er then give o'er, II. 42.

Haste is unhappy: what we rashly do, II. 85.

Have, have ye no regard, all ye, II. 251.

Have I not blest thee? Then go forth, nor fear, I. 193.

Have ye beheld (with much delight), I. 203.

He that ascended in a cloud shall come, II. 227.

He that is hurt seeks help: sin is the wound, II. 226.

He that may sin, sins least: leave to transgress, I. 136.

He that will live of all cares dispossess'd, II. 129.

He that will not love must be, I. 127.

He who commends the vanquished, speaks the power, I. 252.

He who has suffered shipwreck fears to sail, II. 11.

He who wears blacks and mourns not for the dead, II. 148.

Health is no other, as the learned hold, II. 42.

Health is the first good lent to men, I. 50.

Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach, I. 151.

Heaven is most fair; but fairer He, II. 227.

Heaven is not given for our good works here, II. 239.

Hell is no other but a soundless pit, II. 214.

Hell is the place where whipping-cheer abounds, II. 214.

Help me! help me! now I call, I. 10.

Help me, Julia, for to pray, II. 154.

Hence a blessed soul is fled, II. 9.

Hence, hence, profane, and none appear, II. 205.

Hence, hence, profane! soft silence let us have, I. 109.

Hence they have borne my Lord; behold! the stone, II. 255.

Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, II. 17.

Her pretty feet, I. 243.

Here a little child I stand, II. 202.

Here a pretty baby lies, II. 26.

Here a solemn fast we keep, I. 212.

Here, here, I live, I. 214.

Here down my wearied limbs I'll lay, I. 153.

Here, here I live with what my board, I. 251.

Here I myself might likewise die, II. 82.

Here lies a virgin, and as sweet, II. 71.

Here lies Jonson with the rest, II. 109.

Here she lies, a pretty bud, I. 154.

Here she lies in bed of spice, II. 91.

Here we are all by day; by night we're hurl'd, I. 23.

Here we securely live and eat, I. 248.

Holyrood, come forth and shield, I. 222.

Holy water come and bring, II. 73.

Holy waters hither bring, II. 127.

Honour thy parents; but good manners call, II. 202.

Honour to you who sit, II. 76.

How am I bound to Two! God who doth give, II. 190.

How am I ravish'd! when I do but see, I. 174.

How can I choose but love and follow her, I. 227.

How dull and dead are books that cannot show, I. 177.

How fierce was I, when I did see, II. 117.

How long, Perenna, wilt thou see, I. 222.

How love came in I do not know, I. 27.

How rich a man is all desire to know, I. 161.

How rich and pleasing thou, my Julia, art, I. 34.

How well contented in this private grange, II. 136.

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go, II. 200.

I a dirge will pen to thee, II. 128.

I am holy while I stand, II. 30.

I am of all bereft, I. 216.

I am sieve-like, and can hold, I. 146.

I am zealless; prithee pray, II. 95.

I ask'd my Lucia but a kiss, II. 10.

I asked thee oft what poets thou hast read, I. 80.

I begin to wane in sight, I. 226.

I brake thy bracelet 'gainst my will, II. 48.

I bring ye love. What will love do? II. 135.

I burn, I burn; and beg of you, I. 60.

I call, I call: who do ye call? I. 139.

I can but name thee, and methinks I call, I. 163.

I cannot love as I have lov'd before, II. 72.

I cannot pipe as I was wont to do, II. 2.

I cannot suffer; and in this my part, I. 210.

I could but see thee yesterday, II. 89.

I could never love indeed, I. 228.

I could wish you all who love, I. 147.

I crawl, I creep; my Christ, I come, II. 221.

I dare not ask a kiss, II. 35.

I dislik'd but even now, I. 194.

I do believe that die I must, II. 195.

I do love I know not what, II. 7.

I do not love, nor can it be, I. 194.

I do not love to wed, I. 200.

I dreamed we both were in a bed, I. 22.

I dreamt the roses one time went, I. 7.

I dreamt, last night, Thou didst transfuse, II. 194.

I fear no earthly powers, I. 78.

I freeze, I freeze, and nothing dwells, I. 8.

I have a leaden, thou a shaft of gold, II. 163.

I have been wanton and too bold, I fear, II. 160.

I have beheld two lovers in a night, II. 263.

I have lost, and lately, these, I. 17.

I have my laurel chaplet on my head, II. 151.

I heard ye could cool heat, and came, I. 196.

I held Love's head while it did ache, I. 236.

I lately fri'd, but now behold, II. 111.

I make no haste to have my numbers read, II. 19.

I must, II. 133.

I played with Love, as with the foe, I. 255.

I press'd my Julia's lips, and in the kiss, II. 48.

I saw a fly within a bead, II. 86.

I saw about her spotless wrist, I. 78.

I saw a cherry weep, and why? I. 12.

I send, I send here my supremest kiss, II. 143.

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, I. 3.

I sing thy praise, Iacchus, II. 74.

I, who have favour'd many, come to be, I. 179.

I will be short, and having quickly hurl'd, II. 121.

I will confess, II. 118.

I will no longer kiss, II. 159.

I would to God that mine old age might have, II. 213.

I'll come, I'll creep, though Thou dost threat, II. 182.

I'll come to thee in all those shapes, I. 70.

I'll do my best to win when e'er I woo, I. 36.

I'll get me hence, II. 13.

I'll hope no more, II. 209.

I'll sing no more, nor will I longer write, II. 32.

I'll to thee a simnel bring, II. 43.

I'll write, because I'll give, I. 37.

I'll write no more of love; but now repent, II. 164.

I'm free from thee; and thou no more shalt bear, I. 18.

I'm sick of love, O let me lie, I. 197.

I've paid thee what I promis'd; that's not all, I. 209.

If accusation only can draw blood, I. 244.

If after rude and boisterous seas, I. 117.

If all transgressions here should have their pay, II. 175.

If anything delight me for to print, II. 190.

If, dear Anthea, my hard fate it be, I. 11.

If hap it must, that I must see thee lie, II. 123.

If I dare write to you, my lord, who are, I. 235.

If I have played the truant, or have here, II. 249.

If I kiss Anthea's breast, I. 71.

If I lie unburied, sir, II. 87.

If kings and kingdoms once distracted be, II. 161.

If little labour, little are our gains, II. 66.

If meat the gods give, I the steam, I. 24.

If men can say that beauty dies, I. 256.

If 'mongst my many poems I can see, I. 76.

If nature do deny, II. 26.

If nine times you your bridegroom kiss, II. 6.

If so be a toad be laid, II. 8.

If that my fate has now fulfil'd my year, II. 96.

If thou ask me, dear, wherefore, I. 234.

If thou be'st taken, God forbid, II. 251.

If thou hast found a honey comb, II. 109.

If war or want shall make me grow so poor, II. 179.

If well the dice run, let's applaud the cast, II. 18.

If well thou hast begun, go on fore-right, I. 154.

If when these lyrics, Cæsar, you shall hear, I. 133.

If wholesome diet can re-cure a man, II. 148.

If ye fear to be affrighted, II. 152.

If ye will with Mab find grace, I. 252.

Immortal clothing I put on, II. 86.

Imparity doth ever discord bring, II. 85.

In a dream, Love bade me go, II. 20.

In all our high designments 'twill appear, II. 114.

In all thy need be thou possess'd, II. 57.

In battles what disasters fall, II. 111.

In desp'rate cases all, or most, are known, II. 89.

In doing justice God shall then be known, II. 243.

In God's commands ne'er ask the reason why, II. 248.

In God there's nothing, but 'tis known to be, II. 227.

In holy meetings there a man may be, I. 203.

In man ambition is the common'st thing, I. 23.

In numbers, and but these a few, II. 176.

In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, II. 178.

In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse, I. 5.

In the hope of ease to come, II. 143.

In the hour of my distress, II. 180.

In the morning when ye rise, II. 152.

In the old Scripture I have often read, II. 178.

In things a moderation keep, II. 77.

In this little urn is laid, II. 78.

In this little vault she lies, I. 61.

In this misfortune kings do most excel, II. 115.

In this world, the isle of dreams, II. 220.

In time of life I graced ye with my verse, I. 173.

In vain our labours are whatsoe'er they be, II. 223.

In ways to greatness, think on this, II. 33.

Instead of orient pearls of jet, I. 15.

Instruct me now what love will do, II. 155.

Is this a fast, to keep, II. 240.

Is this a life, to break thy sleep, II. 37.

It is sufficient if we pray, I. 71.

It was, and still my care is, II. 40.

Jacob God's beggar was; and so we wait, II. 228.

Jealous girls these sometimes were, I. 234.

Jehovah, as Boëtius saith, II. 228.

Jove may afford us thousands of reliefs, I. 192.

Judith has cast her old skin and got new, I. 177.

Julia and I did lately sit, I. 20.

Julia, I bring, I. 78.

Julia, if I chance to die, I. 23.

Julia was careless, and withal, I. 13.

Julia, when thy Herrick dies, I. 233.

Justly our dearest Saviour may abhor us, II. 236.

Kindle the Christmas brand, and then, II. 105.

Kings must be dauntless; subjects will contemn, II. 160.

Kings must not oft be seen by public eyes, II. 42.

Kings must not only cherish up the good, II. 75.

Kings must not use the axe for each offence, II. 135.

Knew'st thou one month would take thy life away, II. 49.

Know when to speak for many times it brings, II. 146.

Labour we must, and labour hard, II. 225.

Laid out for dead, let thy last kindness be, I. 20.

Lasciviousness is known to be, II. 223.

Last night I drew up mine account, II. 210.

Lay by the good a while; a resting field, II. 113.

Learn this of me, where'er thy lot doth fall, I. 192.

Let all chaste matrons when they chance to see, I. 70.

Let but thy voice engender with the string, I. 127.

Let fair or foul my mistress be, II. 5.

Let kings and rulers learn this line from me, II. 126.

Let kings command and do the best they may, I. 174.

Let me be warm, let me be fully fed, I. 36.

Let me not live if I do not love, II. 157.

Let me sleep this night away, I. 251.

Let moderation on thy passions wait, II. 146.

Let not that day God's friends and servants scare, II. 220.

Let not thy tombstone e'er be lain by me, II. 101.

Let others look for pearl or gold, II. 190.

Let others to the printing press run fast, II. 141.

Let the superstitious wife, II. 103.

Let there be patrons, patrons like to thee, I. 49.

Let us now take time and play, II. 46.

Let us, though late, at last, my Silvia, wed, I. 6.

Let's be jocund while we may, II. 26.

Let's call for Hymen if agreed thou art, II. 77.

Let's live in haste; use pleasures while we may, I. 213.

Let's live with that small pittance that we have, II. 12.

Let's now take our time, II. 84.

Let's strive to be the best: the gods, we know it, II. 135.

Life of my life, take not so soon thy flight, I. 88.

Life is the body's light, which once declining, II. 5.

Like those infernal deities which eat, II. 88.

Like to a bride, come forth my book, at last, I. 92.

Like to the income must be our expense, I. 147.

Like will to like, each creature loves his kind, II. 147.

Lilies will languish; violets look ill, I. 49.

Little you are, for woman's sake be proud, II. 11.

Live by thy muse thou shalt, when others die, II. 9.

Live, live with me, and thou shalt see, I. 240.

Live with a thrifty, not a needy fate, I. 13.

Look how our foul days do exceed our fair, II. 169.

Look how the rainbow doth appear, I. 175.

Look in my book, and herein see, II. 108.

Look upon Sappho's lip, and you will swear, II. 131.

Lord do not beat me, II. 185.

Lord, I am like to mistletoe, II. 213.

Lord, I confess that Thou alone art able, II. 194.

Lord, Thou hast given me a cell, II. 183.

Lost to the world; lost to myself alone, II. 121.

Loth to depart, but yet at last each one, I. 176.

Love and myself, believe me, on a day, I. 19.

Love and the graces evermore do wait, II. 68.

Love bade me ask a gift, I. 124.

Love brought me to a silent grove, II. 97.

Love he that will, it best likes me, I. 195.

Love, I have broke, I. 215.

Love, I recant, I. 123.

Love in a shower of blossoms came, II. 102.

Love is a circle, and an endless sphere, II. 91.

Love is a circle that doth restless move, I. 13.

Love is a kind of war: hence those who fear, II. 100.

Love is a leaven; and a loving kiss, II. 120.

Love is a syrup, and whoe'er we see, II. 120.

Love is maintain'd by wealth; when all is spent, II. 41.

Love like a beggar came to me, II. 118.

Love like a gipsy lately came, I. 76.

Love, love begets, then never be, II. 64.

Love, love me now, because I place, II. 96.

Love on a day, wise poets tell, I. 131.

Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare, I. 33.

Love's a thing, as I do hear, I. 146.

Love's of itself too sweet; the best of all, II. 157.

Love-sick I am, and must endure, I. 72.

Maidens tell me I am old, II. 94.

Maids' nays are nothing, they are shy, II. 60.

Make haste away, and let one be, II. 92.

Make, make me Thine, my gracious God, II. 185.

Make me a heaven and make me there, I. 56.

Man is a watch, wound up at first, but never, I. 254.

Man is compos'd here of a twofold part, I. 191.

Man knows where first he ships himself, but he, I. 221.

Man may at first transgress, but next do well, II. 141.

Man may want land to live in, but for all, II. 84.

Man must do well out of a good intent, II. 112.

Man's disposition is for to requite, II. 114.

Many we are, and yet but few possess, I. 221.

May his pretty dukeship grow, I. 134.

Men are not born kings, but are men renown'd, II. 49.

Men are suspicious, prone to discontent, II. 113.

Men must have bounds how far to walk; for we, II. 132.

Men say y'are fair, and fair ye are, 'tis true, I. 122.

Mercy, the wise Athenians held to be, II. 225.

Methought I saw, as I did dream in bed, II. 139.

Methought last night love in an anger came, I. 18.

Mighty Neptune, may it please, I. 161.

Milk still your fountains and your springs, for why? II. 90.

Mine eyes, like clouds, were drizzling rain, II. 44.

Mop-eyed I am, as some have said, I. 120.

More discontents I never had, I. 21.

More white than whitest lilies far, I. 40.

Music, thou queen of heaven, care-charming spell, I. 128.

My dearest love, since thou wilt go, II. 153.

My faithful friend, if you can see, I. 97.

My God, I'm wounded by my sin, II. 173.

My God! look on me with thine eye, II. 175

My head doth ache, II. 9.

My Lucia in the dew did go, II. 58.

My many cares and much distress, II. 139.

My muse in meads has spent her many hours, I. 116.

My soul would one day go and seek, II. 101.

My wearied bark, O let it now be crown'd, II. 164.

My wooing's ended: now my wedding's near, I. 225.

Naught are all women: I say no, II. 102.

Need is no vice at all, though here it be, II. 48.

Nero commanded; but withdrew his eyes, II. 42.

Never my book's perfection did appear, I. 123.

Never was day so over-sick with showers, I. 62.

Next is your lot, fair, to be numbered one, I. 236.

Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep, II. 195.

Night hides our thefts, all faults then pardon'd be, II. 8.

Night makes no difference 'twixt priest and clerk, II. 97.

No fault in women to refuse, I. 148.

No grief is grown so desperate, but the ill, II. 148.

No man comes late unto that place from whence, II. 31.

No man is tempted so but may o'ercome, II. 236.

No man so well a kingdom rules, as he, II. 155.

No man such rare parts hath, that he can swim, II. 121.

No more, my Sylvia, do I mean to pray, II. 2.

No more shall I, since I am driven hence, I. 164.

No news of navies burnt at seas, I. 157.

No trust to metals, nor to marbles, when, II. 272.

No wrath of men or rage of seas, II. 14.

Noah the first was, as tradition says, II. 233.

None goes to warfare but with this intent, I. 50.

Noonday and midnight shall at once be seen, I. 71.

Nor art thou less esteem'd that I have plac'd, II. 70.

Nor is my number full till I inscribe, I. 250.

Nor think that thou in this my book art worst, II. 159.

Not all thy flushing suns are set, I. 87.

Nothing can be more loathsome than to see, II. 10.

Nothing comes free-cost here; Jove will not let, I. 221.

Nothing hard or harsh can prove, II. 48.

Nothing is new, we walk where others went, I. 175.

Now if you love me, tell me, II. 150.

Now is the time for mirth, I. 97.

Now is the time, when all the lights wax dim, I. 22.

Now is your turn, my dearest, to be set, II. 81.

Now, now's the time, so oft by truth, I. 63.

Now, now the mirth comes, II. 145.

Now thou art dead, no eye shall ever see, II. 125.

O earth! earth! earth! hear thou my voice, and be, I. 21.

O Jealousy, that art, I. 213.

O Jupiter, should I speak ill, II. 61.

O Times most bad, II. 10.

O Thou, the wonder of all days! II. 196.

O years! and age! farewell, II. 189.

O you the virgins nine! II. 31.

Of all our parts, the eyes express, I. 152.

Of all the good things whatsoe'er we do, II. 255.

Of all those three brave brothers fall'n i' th' war, I. 212.

Of both our fortunes good and bad we find, II. 71.

Offer thy gift; but first the law commands, II. 122.

Oft bend the bow, and thou with ease shalt do, II. 55.

Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say, I. 187.

Old wives have often told how they, I. 19.

On, as thou hast begun, brave youth, and get, I. 188.

On with thy work, though thou be'st hardly press'd, II. 137.

One ask'd me where the roses grew, I. 19.

One birth our Saviour had; the like none yet, II. 231.

One ear tingles, some there be, II. 160.

One feeds on lard, and yet is lean, I. 216.

One man repentant is of more esteem, II. 235.

One more by thee, love, and desert have sent, I. 239.

One night i' th' year, my dearest beauties, come, II. 23.

One of the five straight branches of my hand, I. 256.

One only fire has hell; but yet it shall, II. 239.

One silent night of late, I. 30.

Only a little more, I. 103.

Open thy gates, II. 212.

Or look'd I back unto the time hence flown, II. 39.

Orpheus he went, as poets tell, II. 82.

Other men's sins we ever bear in mind, II. 66.

Our bastard children are but like to plate, II. 139.

Our crosses are no other than the rods, II. 97.

Our honours and our commendations be, I. 150.

Our household gods our parents be, II. 29.

Our mortal parts may wrapp'd in sear-clothes lie, I. 251.

Our present tears here, not our present laughter, II. 201.

Out of the world he must, who once comes in, I. 251.

Paradise is, as from the learn'd I gather, II. 229.

Pardon me, God, once more I Thee entreat, II. 212.

Pardon my trespass, Silvia, I confess, II. 116.

Part of the work remains; one part is past, II. 164.

Partly work and partly play, II. 142.

Paul, he began ill, but he ended well, II. 234.

Permit me, Julia, now to go away, I. 72.

Permit mine eyes to see, II. 210.

Phœbus! when that I a verse, I. 152.

Physicians fight not against men; but these, II. 29.

Physicians say repletion springs, II. 121.

Play I could once; but gentle friend, you see, I. 103.

Play, Phœbus, on thy lute, I. 190.

Play their offensive and defensive parts, II. 211.

Please your grace, from out your store, II. 25.

Ponder my words, if so that any be, II. 111.

Praise they that will times past; I joy to see, II. 114.

Prat, he writes satires, but herein's the fault, II. 46.

Prayers and praises are those spotless two, II. 171.

Predestination is the cause alone, II. 237.

Prepare for songs; He's come, He's come, II. 204.

Preposterous is that government, and rude, I. 246.

Preposterous is that order, when we run, II. 49.

Princes and fav'rites are most dear, while they, II. 67.

Prue, my dearest maid, is sick, I. 152.

Puss and her 'prentice both at drawgloves play, II. 75.

Put off thy robe of purple, then go on, II. 249.

Put on thy holy filletings, and so, II. 106.

Put on your silks, and piece by piece, I. 22.

Rapine has yet took nought from me, II. 219.

Rare are thy cheeks, Susanna, which do show, I. 243.

Rare is the voice itself: but when we sing, II. 161.

Rare temples thou hast seen, I know, I. 111.

Reach with your whiter hands, to me, I. 232.

Read thou my lines, my Swetnaham; if there be, II. 158.

Readers, we entreat ye pray, II. 85.

Reproach we may the living, not the dead, II. 19.

Rise, household gods, and let us go, I. 138.

Roaring is nothing but a weeping part, II. 226.

Roses at first were white, I. 130.

Roses, you can never die, II. 154.

Sabbaths are threefold, as St. Austine says, II. 233.

Sadly I walk'd within the field, I. 88.

Sappho, I will choose to go, II. 83.

Science in God is known to be, II. 222.

Sea-born goddess, let me be, I. 174.

See and not see, and if thou chance t'espy, I. 37.

See how the poor do waiting stand, I. 175.

Seeing thee, Soame, I see a goodly man, I. 220.

See'st thou that cloud as silver clear, I. 174.

See'st thou that cloud that rides in state, II. 86.

See'st thou those diamonds which she wears, I. 163.

Shall I a daily beggar be, II. 138.

Shall I go to Love and tell, II. 90.

Shame checks our first attempts; but when 'tis prov'd, II. 200.

Shame is a bad attendant to a state, I. 227.

Shapcot! to thee the fairy state, I. 148.

She by the river sat, and sitting there, II. 63.

She wept upon her cheeks, and weeping so, II. 62.

Should I not put on blacks when each one here, II. 108.

Show me thy feet, show me thy legs, thy thighs, I. 193.

Shut not so soon; the dull-ey'd night, I. 203.

Sick is Anthea, sickly is the spring, II. 149.

Sin is an act so free, that if we shall, II. 238.

Sin is the cause of death; and sin's alone, II. 238.

Sin leads the way, but as it goes it feels, II. 200.

Sin never slew a soul unless there went, II. 238.

Sin no existence; nature none it hath, II. 229.

Sin once reached up to God's eternal sphere, II. 207.

Since, for thy full deserts, with all the rest, I. 191.

Since shed or cottage I have none, II. 150.

Since to the country first I came, I. 228.

Sing me to death; for till thy voice be clear, I. 190.

Sinners confounded are a twofold way, II. 236.

Sitting alone, as one forsook, I. 60.

Smooth was the sea, and seem'd to call, II. 116,

So good luck came, and on my roof did light, I. 124.

So long it seem'd, as Mary's faith was small, II. 233.

So long you did not sing or touch your hue, I. 119.

So look the mornings when the sun, II. 85.

So looks Anthea, when in bed she lies, I. 39.

So smell those odours that do rise, I. 181.

So smooth, so sweet, so silv'ry is thy voice, I. 25.

So soft streams meet, so springs with gladder smiles, I. 93.