Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHARMES (4), by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Let the superstitious wife
Last Line: Keeps the sleeping child from harms.
Subject(s): Charms (magic); Magic


Let the superstitious wife
Neer the childs heart lay a knife:
Point be up, and Haft be downe;
(While she gossips in the towne)
This 'mongst other mystick charms
Keeps the sleeping child from harms.





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