Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS EMBALMING TO JULIA, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For my embalming, julia, do but this Last Line: To give an incorruption unto me. Subject(s): Embalming | ||||||||
For my embalming, Julia, do but this, Give thou my lips but their supreamest kiss: Or else trans-fuse thy breath into the chest, Where my small reliques must for ever rest: That breath the Balm, the myrrh, the Nard shal be, To give an incorruption unto me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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