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UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZAB. HERRICK by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST, FOR EFFUSIONS DUE UNTO THE DEAD
Last Line: WHEREIN THOU LIV'ST FOR EVER. DEARE FAREWELL.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

First, for Effusions due unto the dead,
My solemne Vowes have here accomplished:
Next, how I love thee, that my griefe must tell,
Wherein thou liv'st for ever. Deare farewell.



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