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TO THE PASSENGER by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: IF I LYE UNBURIED SIR
Last Line: FOR A STONE, HA'S HEAVEN HIS TOMBE,
If i lye unburied Sir,
These my Reliques, (pray) interre.
'Tis religious part to see
Stones, or turfes to cover me.
One word more I had to say;
But it skills not; go your way;
He that wants a buriall roome
For a Stone, ha's Heaven his Tombe,



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