The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Upon the Same

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

174. UPON THE SAME.

I ask'd thee oft what poets thou hast read,
And lik'st the best. Still thou reply'st: The dead.
I shall, ere long, with green turfs cover'd be;
Then sure thou'lt like or thou wilt envy me.