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ANOTHER TO NEPTUNE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: MIGHTY NEPTUNE, MAY IT PLEASE
Last Line: OFFER'D UP, WITH THANKS TO THEE.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;

Mighty Neptune, may it please
Thee, the Rector of the Seas,
That my Barque may safely runne
Through thy watrie-region;
And a Tunnie-fish shall be
Offer'd up, with thanks to thee.



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