Lyric Poem · Love
Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabethherrick
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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“Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabethherrick” by Robert Herrick — quilloak.com/poems/upon-his-sister-in-law-mistress-elizabethherrick
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