Living
On Himselfe.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
VVEepe for the dead, for they have lost this light:
And weepe for me, lost in an endlesse night.
Or mourne, or make a Marble Verse for me,
Who writ for many. Benedicite.
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Herrick, Robert. “On Himselfe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/961/.
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Herrick, Robert. “On Himselfe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/961/.
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