Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DELUGE, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Drowning, drowning, I espie
Last Line: Of a world to drowne but one.
Subject(s): Tears


Drowning, drowning, I espie
Coming from my Julia's eye:
'Tis some solace in our smart,
To have friends to beare a part:
I have none; but must be sure
Th' inundation to endure.
Shall not times hereafter tell
This for no meane miracle;
When the waters by their fall
Threatn'd ruine unto all?
Yet the deluge here was known,
Of a world to drowne but One.





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