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To Electra (6)

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Let not thy tombstone e’er be laid by me:
Nor let my hearse be wept upon by thee:
But let that instant when thou diest be known
The minute of mine expiration.
One knell be rung for both; and let one grave
To hold us two an endless honour have.

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