Poem by Robert Herrick

Upon the Detracter

I ask'd thee oft what poets thou hast read,
And lik'st the best?  Still thou repli'st, The dead.
—I shall, ere long, with green turfs cover'd be;
Then sure thou'lt like, or thou wilt envy, me.

1. Love, What It Is
2. Upon a Painted Gentlewoman
3. Four Things Make Us Happy Here
4. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
5. Tears and Laughter

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