Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN EPITAPH UPON A VIRGIN, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Here a solemne fast we keepe
Last Line: Cowslips for her covering.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Here a solemne Fast we keepe,
While all beauty lyes asleep
Husht be all things; (no noyse here)
But the toning of a teare:
Or a sigh of such as bring
Cowslips for her covering.





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