Living
To his Paternall Countrey.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OEarth! Earth! Earth heare thou my voice, and be
Loving, and gentle for to cover me:
Banish'd from thee I live; ne'r to return,
Unlesse thou giv'st my small Remains an Urne.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Paternall Countrey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/50/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Paternall Countrey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/50/.
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