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ANACREONTIKE (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: BORN I WAS TO BE OLD
Last Line: THERE'S NO CAROUSING.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Born I was to be old,
And for to die here.
After that, in the mould
Long for to lye here.
But before that day comes,
Still I be Bousing;
For I know, in the Tombs
There's no Carousing.



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