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HIS CHARGE TO JULIA AT HIS DEATH by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: DEAREST OF THOUSANDS, NOW THE TIME DRAWES NEERE
Last Line: UNTO THY EVERLASTING RESIDENCE.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Dearest of thousands, now the time drawes neere,
That with my Lines, my Life must full-stop here.
Cut off thy haires; and let thy Teares be shed
Over my Turfe, when I am buried.
Then for effusions, let none wanting be,
Or other Rites that doe belong to me;
As Love shall helpe thee, when thou do'st go hence
Unto thy everlasting residence.



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