Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS EMBALMING TO JULIA, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: For my embalming, julia, do but this
Last Line: To give an incorruption unto me.
Subject(s): Embalming


For my embalming, Julia, do but this,
Give thou my lips but their supreamest kiss:
Or else trans-fuse thy breath into the chest,
Where my small reliques must for ever rest:
That breath the Balm, the myrrh, the Nard shal be,
To give an incorruption unto me.





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