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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD HAS A TWOFOLD PART, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: God when for sin he makes his children smart
Last Line: He comes to play the part that is his own.
Subject(s): God
First Line: God when for sin he makes his children smart
Last Line: He comes to play the part that is his own.
Subject(s): God
God when for sin He makes His Children smart,
His own He acts not, but anothers part:
But when by stripes He saves them, then 'tis known,
He comes to play the part that is His own.
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