Robert Herrick


Upon His Sister-in-Law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick


 First, for effusions due unto the dead,
 My solemn vows have here accomplished;
 Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
 Wherein thou liv'st for ever.—Dear, farewell!






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