ON HIMSELF. (VIII)
by Robert Herrick


LIVE by thy muse thou shalt, when others die
Leaving no fame to long posterity :
When monarchies trans-shifted are, and gone,
Here shall endure thy vast dominion.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 9.
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