TO HIS PATERNAL COUNTRY

Portrait of Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick 1591–1674

O earth! earth! earth! hear thou my voice, and be Loving and gentle for to cover me! Banish'd from thee I live;--ne'er to return, Unless thou giv'st my small remains an urn.

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