The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/To the Yew and Cypress to Grace His Funeral

2658678The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
To the Yew and Cypress to Grace His Funeral
1898Robert Herrick

280. TO THE YEW AND CYPRESS TO GRACE HIS FUNERAL

Both you two have
Relation to the grave:
And where
The funeral-trump sounds, you are there,

I shall be made,
Ere long, a fleeting shade:
Pray, come
And do some honour to my tomb.

Do not deny
My last request; for I
Will be
Thankful to you, or friends, for me.