Love

His embalming to Julia.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

FOr my embalming, Julia, do but this,
Give thou my lips but their supreamest kiss:
Or else trans-fuse thy breath into the chest,
Where my small reliques must for ever rest:
That breath the Balm, the myrrh, the Nard shal be,
To give an incorruption unto me.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “His embalming to Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/329/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “His embalming to Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/329/.

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