Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PARASCEVE, OR PREPARATION, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: To a love-feast we both invited are
Last Line: Better he starv'd, then but to tast one crumme.


To a Love-Feast we both invited are:
The figur'd Damask, or pure Diaper,
Over the golden Altar now is spread,
With Bread, and Wine, and Vessells furnished;
The sacred Towell, and the holy Eure
Are ready by, to make the Guests all pure:
Let's go (my Alma) yet e're we receive,
Fit, fit it is, we have our Parasceve.
Who to that sweet Bread unprepar'd doth come
Better he starv'd, then but to tast one crumme.





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