His Winding Sheet by Robert Herrick
b"Herrick read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\n His Winding Sheet\\nby Robert Herrick (1591 \\u2013 1674)\\n\\nCome thou, who are the wine and wit\\n Of all I've writ:\\nThe grace, the glory, and the best\\n Piece of the rest.\\nThou art of what I did intend\\n The all and end;\\nAnd what was made, was made to meet\\n Thee, thee, my sheet.\\nCome then and be to my chaste side\\n Both bed and bride:\\nWe two, as reliques left, will have\\n Once rest, one grave:\\nAnd hugging close, we will not fear\\n Lust entering here:\\nWhere all desires are dead and cold\\n As is the mould;\\nAnd all affections are forgot,\\n Or trouble not.\\nHere, here, the slaves and prisoners be\\n From shackles free:\\nAnd weeping widows long oppress'd\\n Do here find rest.\\nThe wronged client ends his laws\\n Here, and his cause.\\nHere those long suits of Chancery lie\\n Quiet, or die:\\nAnd all Star-Chamber bills do cease\\n Or hold their peace.\\nHere needs no Court for our Request\\n Where all are best,\\nAll wise, all equal, and all just\\n Alike i' th' dust.\\nNor need we here to fear the frown\\n Of court or crown:\\nWhere fortune bears no sway o'er things,\\n There all are kings.\\nIn this securer place we'll keep\\n As lull'd asleep;\\nOr for a little time we'll lie\\n As robes laid by;\\nTo be another day re-worn,\\n Turn'd, but not torn:\\nOr like old testaments engross'd,\\n Lock'd up, not lost.\\nAnd for a while lie here conceal'd,\\n To be reveal'd\\nNext at the great Platonick year,\\n And then meet here."