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THE POSIE by GEORGE HERBERT

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First Line: LET WITS CONTEST
Last Line: OF ALL GODS MERCIES, IS MY POSIE STILL.
LET wits contest,
And with their words and posies windows fill:
Lesse than the least
Of all thy mercies, is my posie still.

This on my ring,
This by my picture, in my book, I write:
Whether I sing,
Or say, or dictate, this is my delight.

Invention, rest;
Comparisons, go play; wit, use thy will:
Lesse than the least
Of all Gods mercies, is my posie still.



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