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UPON HIS KINSWOMAN MRS. M.S. by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIES A VIRGIN, AND AS SWEET
Last Line: YOU'L DO MY NEICE ABUNDANT HONOUR.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

Here lies a Virgin, and as sweet
As ere was wrapt in winding sheet.
Her name if next you wo'd have knowne,
The Marble speaks it Mary Stone:
Who dying in her blooming yeares,
This Stone, for names sake, melts to teares.
If fragrant Virgins you'l but keep
A Fast, while Jets and Marbles weep,
And praying, strew some Roses on her,
You'l do my Neice abundant honour.



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