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To His Book (10)

by Robert Herrick, 1648

If hap it must, that I must see thee lie
Absyrtus-like, all torn confusedly:
With solemn tears, and with much grief of heart,
I’ll recollect thee, weeping, part by part;
And having wash’d thee, close thee in a chest
With spice; that done, I’ll leave thee to thy rest.

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