UPON THE SAME.
by Robert Herrick


I ASK'D thee oft what poets thou hast read,
And lik'st the best.   Still thou reply'st : The dead.
I shall, ere long, with green turfs cover'd be ;
Then sure thou'lt like or thou wilt envy me.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 80.
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