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TO JULIA (5) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: THE SAINTS-BELL CALLS; AND, JULIA, I MUST READ
Last Line: WHO DEAD, DESERVE OUR BEST REMEMBRANCES.
The Saints-bell calls; and, Julia, I must read
The Proper Lessons for the Saints now dead:
To grace which Service, Julia, there shall be
One Holy Collect, said or sung for Thee.
Dead when thou art, Deare Julia, thou shalt have
A Tentrall sung by Virgins o're thy Grave:
Meane time we two will sing the Dirge of these;
Who dead, deserve our best remembrances.



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