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Idyllica

Name: Idyllica
Author: Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Read by Pamela Nagami, Ellies, Greg Giordano, Foon, Lynda Marie Neilson, NayaG and Stefan Von Blon · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Country Life (4:08)
To Phyllis, to Love and Live with Him (3:36)
The Wassail (2:25)
The Fairies (0:36)
Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve (0:54)
Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve and The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day (2:02)
Farewell Frost, or Welcome Spring (1:58)
To the Maids, to Walk Abroad (2:26)
Corina's Going A Maying (4:55)
The Maypole (0:50)
The Wake (1:37)
The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home (3:35)
The Bride-Cake (0:31)
The Old Wives' Prayer (0:36)
The Bell-Man (0:37)
To the Genius of his House (1:01)
His Grange, or Private Wealth (1:17)
A Pastoral upon the Birth of Prince Charles (3:43)
A Dialogue betwixt Himself and Misstress Eliza Wheeler (1:46)
A Bucolic Betwixt Two, Lacon and Thyrsis (2:40)
A Pastoral Sung to the King (3:50)
To the Willow-Tree (1:11)
The Fairy Temple, or Oberon's Chapel (8:23)
Oberon's Feast (3:19)
The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen (1:53)
The Hag (1:28)
The Mad Maid's Song (1:56)
The Cheat of Cupid, or the Ungentle Guest (2:08)
Upon Cupid (1:02)
To be Merry (0:37)
Upon His Gray Hairs (0:51)
A Hymn to the Muses (0:56)
The Coming of Good Luck (0:41)
His Content in the Country (1:26)
His Return to London (1:41)
His Desire (0:43)
An Ode for Ben Johnson (1:12)
To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses (2:48)
The Apparition of His Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium (4:23)
The Invitation (1:46)
To Sir Clipsby Crew (1:07)
A Country Life, to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick (9:06)
To His Peculiar Friend, Mr John Wicks (1:23)
A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks (2:45)
To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend, Mr Charles Cotton (1:29)
A New Year's Gift, Sent to Sir Simeon Steward (3:04)
An Ode to Sir Clipsby Crew (1:22)
A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton (9:06)
All Things Decay and Die (1:01)
To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick (1:57)
His Age (7:16)
The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad (1:24)
On Himself (1:09)
His Winding-Sheet (2:22)
Anacreontic (0:48)
To Laurels (0:46)
On Himself (0:39)
On Himself (0:42)
To Robin Red-Breast (0:49)
The Olive Branch (1:11)
The Plaudite, or End of Life (1:08)
To Groves (2:15)