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EPITHALAMION: 10. THE BRIDEGROOMES COMMING by JOHN DONNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS HE THAT SEES A STARRE FALL, RUNS APACE
Last Line: AS FREELY, AS EACH TO EACH BEFORE, GAVE EITHER EYE OR HEART.
Subject(s): WEDDING SONG; EPITHALAMIUM;

As he that sees a starre fall, runs apace,
And findes a gellie in the place,
So doth the Bridegroome hast as much,
Being told this starre is falne, and findes her such.
And as friends may looke strange,
By a new fashion, or apparrells change,
Their soules, though long acquainted they had beene,
These clothes, their bodies, never yet had seene;
Therefore at first shee modestly might start,
But must forthwith surrender every part,
As freely, as each to each before, gave either eye or heart.



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