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To His Paternal Country
1898Robert Herrick

52. TO HIS PATERNAL COUNTRY.

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.