UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW,
MISTRESS ELIZABETH HERRICK.

by Robert Herrick


FIRST, for effusions due unto the dead,
My solemn vows have here accomplished :
Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
Wherein thou liv'st for ever.     Dear, farewell.


Effusions, drink-offerings.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 26.


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