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LOVE'S REASONS by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR HER GAIT IF SHE BE WALKING
Last Line: THAT FOR EVERYTHING I LOVE HER.
Subject(s): DESIRE; LOVE;
FOR her gait, if she be walking;
Be she sitting, I desire her
For her state's sake; and admire her
For her wit if she be talking;
Gait and state and wit approve her;
For which all and each I love her.

Be she sullen, I commend her
For a modest. Be she merry,
For a kind one her prefer I.
Briefly, everything doth lend her
So much grace, and so approve her,
That for everything I love her.



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