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Upon His Kinswoman, Mrs. M. S

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Here lies a virgin, and as sweet
As e’er was wrapt in winding sheet.
Her name if next you would have known,
The marble speaks it, Mary Stone:
Who dying in her blooming years,
This stone for name’s sake melts to tears.
If, fragrant virgins, you’ll but keep
A fast, while jets and marbles weep,
And praying, strew some roses on her,
You’ll do my niece abundant honour.

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