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!
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!
In this tiny epitaph, Robert Herrick speaks directly to his dead sister-in-law. First, he tells her—and perhaps himself—that he has properly performed all the rites and prayers owed to the deceased.
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