Living
To the Passenger.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
IF I lye unburied Sir,
These my Reliques, (pray) interre:
'Tis religious part to see
Stones, or turfes to cover me.
One word more I had to say;
But it skills not; go your way;
He that wants a buriall roome
For a Stone, ha's Heaven his Tomhe,
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To the Passenger.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/830/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To the Passenger.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/830/.
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