Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
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Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq.
Author
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.
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London :: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield ...,
1648.
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"Hesperides, or, The works both humane & divine of Robert Herrick, Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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To Perilla.
AH my Perilla! do'st thou grieve to seeMe, day by day, to steale away from thee?Age cals me hence, and my gray haires bid come,And haste away to mine eternal home;Twill not be long (Perilla) after this,That I must give thee the supremest kisse:Dead when I am, first cast in salt, and bringPart of the creame from that Religious Spring;With which (Perilla) wash my hands and feet;That done, then wind me in that very sheetWhich wrapt thy smooth limbs (when thou didst imploreThe Gods protection, but the night before)Follow me weeping to my Turfe, and thereLet fall a Primrose, and with it a teare:
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Then lastly, let some weekly-strewings beDevoted to the memory of me:Then shall my Ghost not walk about, but keepStill in the coole, and silent shades of sleep.
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