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ON HIMSELFE (9) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WEEPE FOR THE DEAD, FOR THEY HAVE LOST THIS LIGHT
Last Line: WHO WRIT FOR MANY. BENEDICITE.

Weepe for the dead, for they have lost this light:
And weepe for me, lost in an endlesse night.
Or mourne, or make a Marble Verse for me,
Who writ for many. Benedicite.



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