Love
To Anthea.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
NOw is the time, when all the lights wax dim;
And thou (Anthea) must withdraw from him
Who was thy servant. Dearest, bury me
Under that Holy-oke, or Gospel-tree:
Where (though thou see'st not) thou may'st think upon
Me, when thou yeerly go'st Procession:
Or for mine honour, lay me in that Tombe
In which thy sacred Reliques shall have roome:
For my Embalming (Sweetest) there will be
No Spices wanting, when I'm laid by thee.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/53/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Anthea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/53/.
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