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UPON PRUE, HIS MAID by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN THIS LITTLE URN IS LAID
Last Line: SPRING THE PURPLE VIOLET.
Subject(s): CREMATION; DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND; GRIEF; HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES; SORROW; SADNESS; SERVANTS; DOMESTICS; MAIDS;

In this little urn is laid
Prudence Baldwin, once my maid,
From whose happy spark here let
Spring the purple violet.



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