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Poem by Robert Herrick


On Himself (Live by thy Muse thou shalt, when others die)


Live by thy Muse thou shalt, when others die,
Leaving no fame to long posterity;
When monarchies trans-shifted are, and gone,
Here shall endure thy vast dominion.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. Felicity Quick of Flight
  2. Upon a Painted Gentlewoman
  3. Upon Tears
  4. Purposes
  5. The Heart


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