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THE DEPARTURE OF THE GOOD DAEMON by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT CAN I DO IN POETRY
Last Line: AND OVER-READ WHAT I HAVE WRIT.
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;

What can I do in Poetry,
Now the good Spirit's gone from me?
Why nothing now, but lonely sit,
And over-read what I have writ.



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