Lyric Poem · Love
Delight in Disorder
by Robert Herrick · 1648
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Delight in Disorder
- Poet
- Robert Herrick
- Published
- 1648
- Length
- 2 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Love, Funny, Short
Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Robert Herrick1591–1674
- Source record
- WikisourceDelight in Disorder by robert-herrick, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1648
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 7829f9a1ab5dafa9…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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