Upon his Kinswoman Mrs. M. S.
HEre lies a Virgin, and as sweet
As ere was wrapt in winding sheet.
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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Page 303
Her name if next you wo'd have knowne,
The Marble speaks it Mary Stone:
Who dying in her blooming yeares,
This Stone, for names sake, melts to teares.
If fragrant Virgins you'l but keep
A Fast, while Jets and Marbles weep,
And praying, strew some Roses on her,
You'l do my Neice abundant honour.