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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE YEW AND CYPRESS TO GRACE HIS FUNERAL, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Both you two have / relation to the grave Last Line: Thankfull to you, or friends, for me. Subject(s): Cypress Trees; Funerals; Yew Trees; Burials | |||
1. Both you two have Relation to the grave: And where The Fun'rall-Trump sounds, you are there. 2. I shall be made Ere long a fleeting shade: Pray come, And doe some honour to my Tomb. 3. Do not deny My last request; for I Will be Thankfull to you, or friends, for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS RETURN FROM DELHI by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE SCATTERING OF EVAN JONES'S ASHES by GALWAY KINNELL BROWNING'S FUNERAL by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL MY FATHER'S BODY by WILLIAM MATTHEWS 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 |
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