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TO HIS PATERNAL COUNTRY

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

O earth! earth! earth! hear thou my voice, and be
Loving and gentle for to cover me!
Banish'd from thee I live;--ne'er to return,
Unless thou giv'st my small remains an urn.




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