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A HYMNE TO VENUS, AND CUPID by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: SEA-BORN GODDESSE, LET ME BE
Last Line: THER'S IN LOVE, NO BITTERNESS.

Sea-born Goddesse, let me be,
By thy sonne thus grac't, and thee;
That when ere I wooe, I find
Virgins coy, but not unkind.
Let me when I kisse a maid,
Taste her lips, so over-laid
With Loves-sirrop; that I may,
In your Temple, when I pray,
Kisse the Altar, and confess
Ther's in love, no bitterness.



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