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An Epitaph Upon a Virgin
by Robert Herrick

Noble Numbers (1647), Hesperides (1648). Works , edited by L.C. Martin, 1956 and Complete Poetry edited by J. Max Patrick, 1963.


An Epitaph Upon a Virgin
by Robert Herrick

Here a solemn fast we keep,
While all beauty lies asleep;
Hushed be all things, no noise here,
But the toning of a tear,
Or the sigh of such as bring
Cowslips for her covering.


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