Mrs. Eddy Mentioned Them August 9, 1958 Issue

Robert Herrick, 1591–1674

[Mentioned in Miscellaneous Writings, p. 253]

Robert Herrick , lyrical poet, was the son of a London goldsmith, who descended in a direct line from an old Leicestershire family that spelled the name "Eyricks." Before Herrick was two years old, his father died. An uncle, also a goldsmith, who later was knighted by James I, became the boy's guardian. Until he was sixteen, Herrick attended school in Westminster; then he became apprenticed to his uncle. But before he had finished this apprenticeship, Herrick went to Cambridge as a fellow-commoner at St. John's College.

Desiring to cut down expenses and take up the study of law. at the end of two years he transferred to Trinity Hall. With both a B.A. and an M.A. degree, he went to London in 1620.

Here he joined a small group of young poets who called themselves "The Tribe of Ben" because of their association with Ben Jonson. Herrick addressed some of his lyrics to Jonson.

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