Living
Upon a child that dyed.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
HEre she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood:
Who, as soone, fell fast asleep,
As her lirtle eyes did peep.
Give her strewings; but not stir
The earth, that lightly covers her.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon a child that dyed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/312/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon a child that dyed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/312/.
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