Love
His last request to Julia.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
I Have been wanton, and too bold I feare,
To chafe o're much the Virgins cheek or eare:
Beg for my Pardon Julia; He doth winne
Grace with the Gods, who's sorry for his sinne.
That done, my Julia, dearest Julia, come,
And go with me to chuse my Buriall roome:
My Fates are ended; when thy Herrick dyes,
Claspe thou his Book, then close thou up his Eyes.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “His last request to Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1104/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His last request to Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1104/.
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