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IN A TIME OF GREAT HEAT; TO HAYLEY by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: AH! BROTHER POET, SEND ME OF YOUR SHADE!
Last Line: DESPATCHED BY SUNSHINE, TO THE SHADES BELOW.

AH! brother Poet, send me of your shade!
And bid the zephyrs hasten to my aid;
Or, like a worm unearthed at noon, I go,
Despatched by sunshine, to the shades below.



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