Deaths on October 15

Robert Herrick (poet)

Died on October 15, 1674

Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)

Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican 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".

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Deaths on October 15

Robert Herrick (poet)

Died on October 15, 1674

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