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UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESSES by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE LOST, AND LATELY, THESE
Last Line: THEIR DEPARTURES HENCE, AND DIE.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF;
I have lost, and lately, these
Many dainty Mistresses:
Stately Julia, prime of all;
Sapho next, a principall:
Smooth Anthea, for a skin
White, and Heaven-like Chrystalline:
Sweet Electra, and the choice
Myrha, for the Lute, and Voice.
Next, Corinna, for her wit,
And for the graceful use of it:
With Perilla: All are gone;
Onely Herrick's left alone,
For to number sorrow by
Their departures hence, and die.



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