Robert Herrick. To His Book. (X).

TO HIS BOOK. (X).
by Robert Herrick

IF hap it must, that I must see thee lie
Absyrtus-like, all torn confusedly :
With solemn tears, and with much grief of heart,
I'll recollect thee, weeping, part by part ;
And having wash'd thee, close thee in a chest
With spice ; that done, I'll leave thee to thy rest.

Absyrtus-like, the brother of Medea, cut in pieces by
her that his father might be delayed by gathering his
limbs.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 123.

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