Twelfth Night Song

Down with the rosemary and bays

Author: Robert Herrick
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Robert Herrick

Herrick, Robert, son of Nicholas Herrick, goldsmith in Cheapside, London, was born in London in 1591, and educated at St. John's College, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Taking Holy Orders in 1629, he was presented to the living of Dean-Prior, Devon. During Cromwell's Government he was ejected, but was reinstated at the Restoration. He died in 1674. His Noble Numbers was published in 1647; and his Hesperides, or the Works bothe Humane and Divine, of Robert Herrick, in 1648. Various editions have followed, including that by Dr. Grosart, in 3 vols., in his Early English Poets, 1869. A Selection, with Memoir by Dr. Nott, was also published at Bristol, 1810; and another Selection, by F. T. Palgrave, in the Golden Treasury Series, 1877. Herrick's H… Go to person page >

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First Line: Down with the rosemary and bays
Title: Twelfth Night Song
Author: Robert Herrick
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cambridge Hymnal #180

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The Oxford Book of Carols #126

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