Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Upon a Maid. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXIX. The Happy Dead
Upon a Maid

By Robert Herrick (1591–1674)


HERE she lies, in bed of spice,
Fair as Eve in Paradise:
For her beauty, it was such
Poets could not praise too much.
Virgins, come, and in a ring	5
Her supremest Requiem sing;
Then depart, but see ye tread
Lightly, lightly o’er the dead.