Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TYTHE. TO THE BRIDE, by ROBERT HERRICK



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First Line: If nine times you your bride-groome kisse
Last Line: Won't for his tenth part ask you one.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


If nine times you your Bride-groome kisse;
The tenth you know the Parsons is.
Pay then your Tythe; and doing thus,
Prove in your Bride-bed numerous.
If children you have ten, Sir John
Won't for his tenth part ask you one.





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