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CHOP-CHERRY by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU GAV'ST ME LEAVE TO KISS
Last Line: ANOTHER SNAPT THE CHERRY.
Subject(s): LOVE;

1. Thou gav'st me leave to kisse;
Thou gav'st me leave to wooe;
Thou mad'st me thinke by this,
And that, thou lov'dst me too.

2. But I shall ne'r forget,
How for to make thee merry;
Thou mad'st me chop, but yet,
Another snapt the Cherry.



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