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EPITAPH UPON A MAID by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE SHE LIES [LYES], IN BED OF SPICE
Last Line: LIGHTLY, LIGHTLY ORE THE DEAD.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

Here she lyes (in Bed of Spice)
Faire as Eve in Paradice:
For her beauty it was such
Poets co'd not praise too much.
Virgins Come, and in a Ring
Her supreamest Requiem sing;
Then depart, but see ye tread
Lightly, lightly ore the dead.



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