Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DEATH, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou bidst me come away Last Line: God mercy; and so die. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
Thou bidst me come away, And I'le no longer stay, Then for to shed some teares For faults of former yeares; And to repent some crimes, Done in the present times: And next, to take a bit Of Bread, and Wine with it: To d'on my robes of love, Fit for the place above; To gird my loynes about With charity throughout, And so to travaile hence With feet of innocence: These done, I'le onely crie God mercy; and so die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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