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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard
Hesperides
Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2650564The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick
1898Alfred Pollard

72. UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZABETH HERRICK.

First, for effusions due unto the dead,
My solemn vows have here accomplished:
Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
Wherein thou liv'st for ever. Dear, farewell.

Effusions, drink-offerings.