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FOR A COPY OF HERRICK by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: MANY DAYS HAVE COME AND GONE
Last Line: AND THY NUMBERS ARE OF GOLD!
Subject(s): HERRICK, ROBERT (1591-1674); POETRY & POETS;

MANY days have come and gone,
Many suns have set and shone,
HERRICK, since thou sang'st of Wake,
Morris-dance and Barley-break; --
Many men have ceased from care,
Many maidens have been fair,
Since thou sang'st of JULIA'S eyes,
JULIA'S lawns and tiffanies; --
Many things are past: but thou,
GOLDEN-MOUTH, art singing now,
Singing clearly as of old,
And thy numbers are of gold!



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