Corinna's Going a Maying, Robert Herrick: Summary, Analysis & Themes
Robert Herrick's poem "Corinna's Going a Maying" is a lively and joyful celebration of May Day, urging the speaker's beloved Corinna to rise early and participate in the traditional festivities. The poem captures the spirit of the season with vivid descriptions of nature, communal activities, and the fleeting nature of youth and life.
"Corinna's Going a Maying" Poem Text by Robert Herrick
Get up, get up for shame, the Blooming Morne
Upon her wings presents the god unshorne.
See how Aurora throwes her faire
Fresh-quilted colours through the aire:
Get up, sweet-Slug-a-bed, and see
The Dew-bespangling Herbe and Tree.
Each Flower has wept, and bow'd toward the East,
Above an houre since; yet you not drest,
Nay! not so much as out of bed?
When all the Birds have Mattens seyd,
And sung their thankful Hymne…