AN EPITAPH UPON A VIRGIN.
by Robert Herrick
HERE a solemn fast we keep,
While all beauty lies asleep
Hush'd be all things—no noise here—
But the toning of a tear :
Or a sigh of such as bring
Cowslips for her covering.
Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 212.
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