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Poem by Robert Herrick


On Himself (Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light)


Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light;
And weep for me, lost in an endless night;
Or mourn, or make a marble verse for me,
Who writ for many.  BENEDICTE.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis
  2. The Lily in a Crystal
  3. Upon Love: By Way of Question and Answer
  4. Orpheus
  5. To the Water-Nymphs Drinking at the Fountain


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