Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LADY DYING IN CHILDBED, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: As gilly flowers do but stay
Last Line: Lives in the pretty lady-flower.
Variant Title(s): Upon A Lady That Died In Child-bed, And Left A Daughter Behind Her
Subject(s): Stillbirth; Death - Childbirth


As Gilly flowers do but stay
To blow, and seed, and so away;
So you sweet Lady (sweet as May)
The gardens-glory liv'd a while,
To lend the world your scent and smile.
But when your own faire print was set
Once in a Virgin Flosculet,
(Sweet as your selfe, and newly blown)
To give that life, resign'd your own:
But so, as still the mothers power
Lives in the pretty Lady-flower.





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