Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ORPHEUS, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Orpheus he went (as poets tell)
Last Line: Him and euridice for ever.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Orpheus


Orpheus he went (as Poets tell)
To fetch Euridice from Hell;
And had her; but it was upon
This short but strict condition:
Backward he should not looke while he
Led her through Hells obscuritie:
But ah! it hapned as he made
His passage through that dreadfull shade:
Revolve he did his loving eye;
(For gentle feare, or jelousie)
And looking back, that look did sever
Him and Euridice for ever.





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