OR THE TY OF WW WORKS BOTH HUMANE AND DIVINE OF ROBERT HERRICK, ESQ. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. SHEPARD, CLARK AND CO. NEW YORK: JAMES S. DICKERSON. CINCINNATI: MOORE, WILSTACH, KEYS AND CO. M.DCCC.LVI. ADVERTISEMENT. In this reprint of Herrick's Poems we have followed, in most respects, the Edition published by Pickering in 1846, which is a nearly exact copy of the First Edition of the Hesperides, issued in 1648. We have, however, endeavoured to render these volumes easier reading by rectifying the absurd punctuation; and by modernizing the print in respect to capital and italic letters preserving, of course, in all cases the original spelling. A very few unusual words have been explained in foot-notes. In cases where the text seemed suspicious, we have referred to the First Edition, and have thus been enabled to correct a few trifling mistakes; but that edition was very carelessly printed, (as the Poet himself complains,) and some passages are probably still corrupt. C. |