"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
He took holy orders in 1620 and was giving a living in Devon in 1629, which he lost in 1647 because of his royalist leanings. Although his only book of poetry included a seperate selection of religious verse entitled Noble Numbers, he's considered a pagan poet, remembered for celebrations of such mistresses as Julia, Anthea, and Corinna. FTP, name this Cavalier poet who is best remembered for the lyric beginning "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
He took holy orders in 1620 and was giving a living in Devon in 1629, which he lost in 1647 because of his royalist leanings.
Robert {Herrick}