English poem
To The Nightingale And Robin Redbreast.
When I departed am, ring thou my knell, Thou pitiful and pretty Philomel: And when I'm laid out for a corse, then be Thou sexton, redbreast, for to cover me.
More by Robert Herrick
- To The Most Fair And Lovely Mistress Anne Soame, Now Lady Abdie.
- To The Most Illustrious And Most Hopeful Prince. Charles, Prince Of Wales.
- To The Most Learned, Wise, And Arch-Antiquary, M. John Selden.
- To The Most Virtuous Mistress Pot, Who Many Times Entertained Him.
- To The Painter, To Draw Him A Picture.
- To The Passenger.
- To The Patron Of Poets, M. End. Porter.
- To The Queen.