Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NUMBER OF TWO, by ROBERT HERRICK



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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.





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