Death & Dying

To the Yew and Cypresse to grace his Funerall.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Death & Dying

BOth you two have
Relation to the grave:
And where
The Fun'rall-Trump sounds, you are there.

I shall be made
Ere long a fleeting shade:
Pray come,
And doe some honour to my Tomb.

Do not deny
My last request; for I
Will be
Thankfull to you, or friends, for me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “To the Yew and Cypresse to grace his Funerall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/282/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “To the Yew and Cypresse to grace his Funerall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/282/.

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