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

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

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.