Lyric Poem · Death & Loss
An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death
1Not all thy flushing suns are set,
2Herrick, as yet ;
3Nor doth this far-drawn hemisphere
4Frown and look sullen ev'rywhere.
5Days may conclude in nights, and suns may rest
6As dead within the west ;
7Yet, the next morn, regild the fragrant east.
8Alas ! for me, that I have lost
9E'en all almost ;
10Sunk is my sight, set is my sun,
11And all the loom of life undone :
12The staff, the elm, the prop, the shelt'ring wall
13Whereon my vine did crawl,
14Now, now blown down ; needs must the old stock fall.
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- Poem
- An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death
- Poet
- Robert Herrick
- Length
- 28 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Death & Loss, Sad, Childhood
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- Shape
- 28 lines · 4 septets
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- Author record
- Robert Herrick1591–1674
- Source record
- PoetryDBAn Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death by robert-herrick, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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