Living

Upon a maid that dyed the day she was marryed.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

THat Morne which saw me made a Bride,
The Ev'ning witnest that I dy'd.
Those holy lights, wherewith they guide
Unto the bed the bashfull Bride;
Serv'd, but as Tapers, for to burne,
And light my Reliques to their Urne.
This Epitaph, which here you see,
Supply'd the Epithalamie.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon a maid that dyed the day she was marryed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/273/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon a maid that dyed the day she was marryed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/273/.

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