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DIVINATION BY A DAFFADILL by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN A DAFFODIL I SEE
Last Line: LASTLY, SAFELY BURYED.
Subject(s): DAFFODILS;

When a Daffadill I see,
Hanging down his head t'wards me;
Guesse I may, what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buryed.



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