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UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZABETHHERRICK

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

First, for effusions due unto the dead,
My solemn vows have here accomplished;
Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
Wherein thou liv'st for ever.--Dear, farewell!




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