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TO THE NIGHTINGALE, AND ROBIN REDBREAST by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I DEPARTED AM, RING THOU MY KNELL
Last Line: THOU SEXTON (RED-BREST) FOR TO COVER ME.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
When I departed am, ring thou my knell,
Thou pittifull, and pretty Philomel:
And when I'm laid out for a Corse; then be
Thou Sexton (Red-brest) for to cover me.



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