Roberr Herrick was born in 1591 to a London goldsmith, the youngest of seven children. When Herrick was fourteen months old, his father died. At age 16, Herrick was apprenticed to his uncle for ten years, but he completed it after only six year.
He graduated at Saint John’s College, Cambridge in 1617.

For the next ten years Herrick was strongly influenced by by Ben Jonson. In 1623 he took holy orders, and six years later became vicar of Dean Prior in Devonshire. During the Great Rebellion in 1647 he was removed from his position because of his Royalist sympathies. Following the restoration of Charles II, Herrick was reinstated, where he remained until his death in 1674. He never married, and the women about whom he wrote in his poems are believed to be fictional.

Herrick is known principally for his Hesperides and his religious poems published in 1647. The entire collection contains more than 1200 short poems, The influence of classical Roman poetry and of pastoral themes is strong. The main focus is on English rural life and customs.