Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM (1), by ROBERT HERRICK



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First Line: Me thought, (last night) love in an anger came
Last Line: Hony to salve, where the before did sting.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


Me thought, (last night) love in an anger came,
And brought a rod, so whipt me with the same:
Mirtle the twigs were, meerly to imply;
Love strikes, but 'tis with gentle crueltie.
Patient I was: Love pitifull grew then,
And stroak'd the stripes, and I was whole agen.
Thus like a Bee, Love-gentle stil doth bring
Hony to salve, where the before did sting.





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