Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NUMBER OF TWO, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God hates the duall number; being known Last Line: Or by our selves, or from the pulpit read. | ||||||||
God hates the Duall Number; being known The lucklesse number of division: And when He blest each sev'rall Day, whereon He did His curious operation; 'Tis never read there (as the Fathers say) God blest His work done on the second day: Wherefore two prayers ought not to be said, Or by our selves, or from the Pulpit read. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK |
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