The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabeth Herrick

by Robert Herrick

72. UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, MISTRESS ELIZABETH HERRICK.

First, for effusions due unto the dead,
My solemn vows have here accomplished:
Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
Wherein thou liv'st for ever. Dear, farewell.

Effusions, drink-offerings.