Robert Herrick
UPON HIS DEPARTURE HENCE.

THUS I
Pass by,
And die :
As one
Unknown
And gone :
I'm made
A shade,
And laid
I' th' grave :
There have
My cave,
Where tell
I dwell.
Farewell.





Titian. The Three Ages of Man. [detail] 1511/12
The Three Ages of Man [det.]
Titian, 1512.
Edinburgh, National
Gallery of Scotland.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 222-223.


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