_ There is a general
resemblance
in
this poem to the latter part of Hor.
this poem to the latter part of Hor.
Robert Herrick
On that Sunday people made offerings at their Mother
Church. After the Reformation the natural mother was substituted for the
spiritual, and the day was set apart for visiting relations. Excellent
simnel cakes (Low Lat. , _siminellus_, fine flour) are still made in the
North, where the current derivation of the word is from _Sim_ and
_Nell_!
685. _To the King. _ Probably written in 1645, when Charles was for a
short time in the West.
689. _Too much she gives to some, enough to none. _ Mart. XII. x. ;
Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.
696. _Men mind no state in sickness.
_ There is a general resemblance in
this poem to the latter part of Hor. III. _Od. _ i. , but I have an uneasy
sense that Herrick is translating.
697. _Adversity. _ Printed in _Witts Recreations_, 1650.
702. _Mean things overcome mighty. _ Cp. 486 and Note.
706. _How roses came red. _ Cp. Burton, _Anat.
Church. After the Reformation the natural mother was substituted for the
spiritual, and the day was set apart for visiting relations. Excellent
simnel cakes (Low Lat. , _siminellus_, fine flour) are still made in the
North, where the current derivation of the word is from _Sim_ and
_Nell_!
685. _To the King. _ Probably written in 1645, when Charles was for a
short time in the West.
689. _Too much she gives to some, enough to none. _ Mart. XII. x. ;
Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.
696. _Men mind no state in sickness.
_ There is a general resemblance in
this poem to the latter part of Hor. III. _Od. _ i. , but I have an uneasy
sense that Herrick is translating.
697. _Adversity. _ Printed in _Witts Recreations_, 1650.
702. _Mean things overcome mighty. _ Cp. 486 and Note.
706. _How roses came red. _ Cp. Burton, _Anat.
