Robert Herrick (1591-1674) is recognized as the most talented lyric poet in England. When he was young, he inherited the legacy of the Greek Anacreon (550?-465? BC) and liked to write short poems expressing personal emotions. After the age of thirty-six, the content of poetry turned to serious religious themes, and the style of poetry also changed from light to serious. He belongs to the Ben Jonson school and likes the small poems of ancient Greece, but the poems of Herrick are light and delicate. The themes of his poems are often: appreciation of nature, sensual enjoyment of beauty, pursuit of love, lamentation of the passage of time, etc. There are very few moral preaching works. Most of what he writes about is the love between children in "corn fields and chimney corners", which is easy to understand. His poems are known for their shortness, exquisiteness, and rigorous melody. Few poets can match his achievements in this aspect. However, when he was alive, his poems were not widely circulated. They were only known to the world in manuscripts and a few were scattered in publications. It was not until he was fifty-seven that he officially published a collection of poems, which had little influence. It was not until the end of the 18th century that he enjoyed the title of "Britain's most outstanding lyric poet", and until now, no one has deposed him from this throne. Herrick lived to be eighty-three years old. Although he wrote so many beautiful love poems, he never married. He converted to religion in his middle age. Reading his religious poems allows us to know more about him as a person, but these works cannot increase his poetic reputation.