Love
His sailing from Julia.
From Hesperides (1648)
WHen that day comes, whose evening sayes I'm gone
Unto that watrie Desolation:
Devoutly to thy Closet-gods then pray,
That my wing'd Ship may meet no Remora.
Those Deities which circum-walk the Seas,
And look upon our dreadfull passages,
Will from all dangers, re-deliver me,
For one drink-offering, poured out by thee.
Mercie and Truth live with thee! and forbeare
(In my short absence) to unfluce a teare:
But yet for Loves-sake, let thy lips doe this,
Give my dead picture one engendring kisse:
Work that to life, and let me ever dwell
In thy remembrance (julia.) So farewell.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “His sailing from Julia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/33/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “His sailing from Julia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/33/.
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