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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REST REFRESHES, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lay by the good a while; a resting field
Last Line: Continuall reaping makes a land wax old.
Subject(s): Rest
First Line: Lay by the good a while; a resting field
Last Line: Continuall reaping makes a land wax old.
Subject(s): Rest
Lay by the good a while; a resting field
Will, after ease, a richer harvest yeild:
Trees this year beare; next, they their wealth with-hold:
Continuall reaping makes a land wax old.
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