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WRIT IN CALISTA'S PRAYER - BOOK; AN EPIGRAM OF MONSIEUR DE MALHERBE by CHARLES COTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHILST YOU ARE DEAF TO LOVE, YOU MAY
Last Line: WHAT YOU DENY TO ALL MANKIND?
Subject(s): MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628);

WHILST you are deaf to love, you may,
Fairest Calista, weep, and pray,
And yet, alas! no mercy find;
Not but God's merciful, 'tis true,
But can you think he'll grant to you
What you deny to all Mankind?



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