"Sleep on (my Love!) in thy cold bed Never to be disquieted. My last Good-night! Thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake: Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves; and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb. Stay for me there: I will not fail To meet thee in that hollow vale. And think not much of my delay; I am already on the way, And follow thee with all the speed Desire can make, or sorrows breed."
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"An Exequy", l. 81, in Poems, p. 57
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Henry King (poet)
Henry King (1592 – 30 September 1669) was an English poet and clergyman who served as from 1642 till death.
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